Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Full reference: H. W. Miller. 1957. Petalodus jewetti, a new species of fossil bradyodont fish from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 60:82-85
Belongs to Petalodus according to H. W. Miller 1957
Sister taxa: Petalodus acuminatus, Petalodus allegheniensis, Petalodus arcuatus, Petalodus curtus, Petalodus davisii, Petalodus flabellula, Petalodus grandis, Petalodus hastingsiae, Petalodus hybridus, Petalodus knappi, Petalodus linguifer, Petalodus ohioensis, Petalodus proximus, Petalodus sagittatus
Type specimen: KUMVP 9972, a tooth. Its type locality is Quarry in northwestern Franklin County, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Oread Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry in northwestern Franklin County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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