Petalodontidae
Petalodontidae
[‚ped·əl·ə′dänt·ə‚dē] (paleontology)
A family of extinct cartilaginous fishes in the order Bradyodonti distinguished by teeth with deep roots and flattened diamond-shaped crowns.
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The elasmobranchs include Chomatodus (Petalodontidae), Polyrhizodus (Petalodontidae), Orodus (Orodontidae), Leiodus (Orodontidae), and a xenacanth tooth (Xenacanthidae) (Figure 2).
Brachiopod fragments have been found in preserved stomach contents of Janassa (Petalodontidae) and Fadenia (Caseodontidae) (Moy-Thomas and Miles, 1971).
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