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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	34833	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34833

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Petalodontiformes : Petalodontidae : Petalodus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
class	Chondrichthyes	Huxley 1880
subclass	Holocephali
order	Petalodontiformes
family	Petalodontidae	Newberry and Worthen 1866
genus	Petalodus

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Cestraciontidae	stated with evidence	Leidy, 1873
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Petalodontidae	stated with evidence	Woodward, 1889
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Petalodontidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Janassidae	stated without evidence	Jordan, 1963
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Petalodontida	stated with evidence	Zangerl, 1981
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Petalodontidae	stated without evidence	Thurmond and Jones, 1981
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Petalodontidae	stated with evidence	Lund, 1983
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Petalodontida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Petalodus	genus	belongs to Petalodontidae	stated with evidence	Ginter et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

272 - 269 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Petalodontiformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Petalodontiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Petalodus acuminatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	11	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	299 Ma Carboniferous
Petalodus allegheniensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	323 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Petalodus arcuatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	307 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Petalodus curtus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petalodus davisii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Petalodus flabellula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Petalodus grandis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petalodus hastingsiae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Petalodus hybridus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petalodus jewetti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Petalodus knappi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petalodus linearis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Petalodus linguifer ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petalodus ohioensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	10	315 Ma Carboniferous	301 Ma Carboniferous
Petalodus proximus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Petalodus sagittatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1856	Sicarius Leidy p. 272
1873	Petalodus Leidy p. 353
1889	Petalodus Woodward p. 42
1902	Petalodus Hay p. 278
1963	Petalodus Jordan p. 593
1981	Petalodus Thurmond and Jones p. 78
1981	Petalodus Zangerl p. 98
1983	Petalodus Lund p. 1
2002	Petalodus Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Petalodus Ginter et al. p. 140

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358

Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816

Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244

Zangerl R. (1981) Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a

Lund R. (1983) On a dentition of Polyrhizodus (Chondrichthyes, Petalodontiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3 1, 1-6

Ginter M., Hampe O., et al (2010) Chondrichthyes, Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3D, 1-168

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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