Petalodus davisii
Woodward, 1889
Classification: Euchondrocephali Petalodontiformes Petalodontidae
Reference of the original description
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Description:
Citation: Petalodus davisii Woodward, 1889: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025
Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Detached teeth; British Museum. Teeth extremely elongated, very similar to those of P. rectus somewhat smaller and even longer in proportion to their height; coronal surface with numerous vertical wrinkles and a tendency towo.rds crenulation of the margin; root considerably crimped.
Form. & Loc. Lower Carboniferous Limestone: Armagh, lreland.
P. 2656a, P. 2656. Two type specimens and sixteen similar teeth
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Detached teeth; British Museum. Teeth extremely elongated, very similar to those of P. rectus somewhat smaller and even longer in proportion to their height; coronal surface with numerous vertical wrinkles and a tendency towo.rds crenulation of the margin; root considerably crimped.
Form. & Loc. Lower Carboniferous Limestone: Armagh, lreland.
P. 2656a, P. 2656. Two type specimens and sixteen similar teeth
References
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
