Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613
Belongs to Petalodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Petalodus acuminatus, Petalodus allegheniensis, Petalodus arcuatus, Petalodus curtus, Petalodus davisii, Petalodus grandis, Petalodus hastingsiae, Petalodus hybridus, Petalodus jewetti, Petalodus knappi, Petalodus linguifer, Petalodus ohioensis, Petalodus proximus, Petalodus sagittatus
Type specimen: BMNH P.227a, a tooth. Its type locality is Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH)
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