Petalodus flabellula

Woodward, 1889


Classification: Euchondrocephali Petalodontiformes Petalodontidae

Reference of the original description
Woodward, A.S. (1889)
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.

Types
Petalodus flabellula
Holotype: NHMUK: PV P 227 a; NHMUK: PV P 227 (a);

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Petalodus flabellula sp. nov. ; tooth, posterior aspect, Carbfs. Limst.; Oreton, Salop [P 227a]

Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Detached tooth, shown of nat. size in Pl. I. fig. 8. Crown comparatively high, having the posterior face (probably also the anterior) marked by large vertical and slightly diverging wrinkles; coronal margin very gently arched, faintly crenulated.
Form. & Loc. Carboniferous Limestone: Oreton, Shropshire.
P. 227 a. Type specimen.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=9187;
valid after Woodward (1889) p. 45 [2593]

References
Schnetz, L. & Dunne, E.M. & Feichtinger, I. & Butler, R.J. & Coates, M.I. & Sansom, I.J. (2024)
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, in press
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Ginter, M. & Hampe, O. & Duffin, C.J. (2010)
Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.
Woodward, A.S. (1889)
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.