Definition of Petalodontiform. Meaning of Petalodontiform. Synonyms of Petalodontiform

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Definition of Petalodontiform

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Meaning of Petalodontiform from wikipedia

- representative of the Carboniferous to Permian order Petalodontiformes. Petalodontiforms are characterized by their peculiar teeth. The group became extinct...
- including eel-like forms ("Thrinacoselache"), deep-bodied durophages (petalodontiforms), small active swimmers (most holocephalans), ray-like benthic forms...
- that the fossil specimen is in Blackfoot territory as well as another petalodontiform Siksika ottae. The species was described from the well known Bear Gulch...
- Carboniferous (Mississippian) Bear Gulch Limestone  United States A petalodontiform chondrichthyan. The type species is Obruchevodus griffithi. Occitanodus...
- neurocranium and mandibles which hint at a close relationship to coeval petalodontiforms such as Jan****a and Netsepoye. Dentition is generally heterodont. Siksika...