Petalodus destructor
Newberry & Worthen, 1866
Classification: Euchondrocephali Petalodontiformes Petalodontidae
	Reference of the original description
	
	
Descriptions of new species of vertebrates, mainly from the Sub-Carboniferous Limestome and Coal Measures of Illinois. Geological Survey of Illinois, 2, 9–134
Descriptions of new species of vertebrates, mainly from the Sub-Carboniferous Limestome and Coal Measures of Illinois. Geological Survey of Illinois, 2, 9–134
	Types
Petalodus destructor
	
	
	
Petalodus destructor
Description:
Citation: Petalodus destructor Newberry & Worthen, 1866: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025
		Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=8418;
synonym of Petalorhynchus alleghaniensis after Woodward (1889) p. 46 [2593]
synonym of Petalodus ohioensis after Itano & Carpender (2020), p. 197 [28746];
		
		shark-references Species-ID=8418;
synonym of Petalorhynchus alleghaniensis after Woodward (1889) p. 46 [2593]
synonym of Petalodus ohioensis after Itano & Carpender (2020), p. 197 [28746];
		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.
	
	
		
		
			
Die Kalkbrüche von Mjatschkowa. Eine Monographie des oberen Bergkalks. Schluss. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 14, 3–82
	
	
		
		
			
Descriptions of Fossil Fishes, from the Upper Coal Measures of Nebraska. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 11(81), 431–437
	
	
		
		
			
Descriptions of new species of vertebrates, mainly from the Sub-Carboniferous Limestome and Coal Measures of Illinois. Geological Survey of Illinois, 2, 9–134
	
	
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.
Die Kalkbrüche von Mjatschkowa. Eine Monographie des oberen Bergkalks. Schluss. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 14, 3–82

Descriptions of Fossil Fishes, from the Upper Coal Measures of Nebraska. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 11(81), 431–437

Descriptions of new species of vertebrates, mainly from the Sub-Carboniferous Limestome and Coal Measures of Illinois. Geological Survey of Illinois, 2, 9–134
				
				
    					
    					
    					
    					
                        
    					








