Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Alternative combination: Chomatodus arcuatus
Full reference: O. St. John. 1870. Descriptions of fossil fishes from the upper Coal-Measures of Nebraska. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11(81):431-437
Belongs to Petalodus according to C. R. Eastman 1903
See also Hay 1902 and St. John 1870
Sister taxa: Petalodus acuminatus, Petalodus allegheniensis, Petalodus curtus, Petalodus davisii, Petalodus flabellula, Petalodus grandis, Petalodus hastingsiae, Petalodus hybridus, Petalodus jewetti, Petalodus knappi, Petalodus linguifer, Petalodus ohioensis, Petalodus proximus, Petalodus sagittatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nebraska City section, Upper Coal Measures, which is in a Kasimovian marine horizon in Nebraska
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Nebraska)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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