Falcatus falcatus
(St. John & Worthen, 1883)
Classification: Holocephali Symmoriiformes Falcatidae
	Reference of the original description
	
	
Descriptions of fossil fishes; a partial revision of the Cochliodonts and Psammodonts. Geological Survey of Illinois, 7, 55–264
Descriptions of fossil fishes; a partial revision of the Cochliodonts and Psammodonts. Geological Survey of Illinois, 7, 55–264
	Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Physonemus falcatus
Physonemus falcatus
	Types
Falcatus falcatus
	
	
	
Falcatus falcatus
Description:
Citation: Falcatus falcatus (St. John & Worthen, 1883): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025
		Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=2266;
		
		shark-references Species-ID=2266;
		References
		
	
		
		
			
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
	
	
		
		
			
Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.
	
	
		
		
			
The spine-brush complex in symmoriiform sharks (Chondrichthyes; Symmoriiformes), with comments on dorsal fin modularity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(1), 14–24
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0130
	
	
		
		
			
The braincase in Paleozoic symmoriiform and cladoselachian sharks. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 307, 1–122
	
	
		
		
			
Fish diversity of the Bear Gulch Limestone, Namurian, Lower Carboniferous of Montana, USA. Geobios, 32(2), 285–295
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80042-4
	
	
		
		
			
Fossilienatlas Fische. Verlag für Natur- und Heimatkunde Hans A. Baensch, Melle
	
	
		
		
			
Chondrichthyan life history styles as revealed by the 320 million years old Mississippian of Montana. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 27(1), 1–19
DOI: 10.1007/BF00004900
	
	
		
		
			
The morphology of Falcatus falcatus (ST. JOHN AND WORTHEN), a Mississippian stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 5(1), 1–19
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1985.10011842
	
	
		
		
			
Stethacanthid elasmobranch remains from the Bear Gulch limestone (Namurian E2b) of Montana. American Museum Novitates, 2828 ,1–24
	
	
	
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1

Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.

The spine-brush complex in symmoriiform sharks (Chondrichthyes; Symmoriiformes), with comments on dorsal fin modularity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(1), 14–24
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0130
The braincase in Paleozoic symmoriiform and cladoselachian sharks. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 307, 1–122

Fish diversity of the Bear Gulch Limestone, Namurian, Lower Carboniferous of Montana, USA. Geobios, 32(2), 285–295
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80042-4

Fossilienatlas Fische. Verlag für Natur- und Heimatkunde Hans A. Baensch, Melle

Chondrichthyan life history styles as revealed by the 320 million years old Mississippian of Montana. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 27(1), 1–19
DOI: 10.1007/BF00004900

The morphology of Falcatus falcatus (ST. JOHN AND WORTHEN), a Mississippian stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 5(1), 1–19
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1985.10011842
Stethacanthid elasmobranch remains from the Bear Gulch limestone (Namurian E2b) of Montana. American Museum Novitates, 2828 ,1–24
				
				
    					
    					
    					
    					
                        
    					








