Petalodontidae

Petalodontidae; Temporal range: Lower Carboniferous to Permian
	Teeth of Petalodus ohioensis (Carboniferous).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	†Petalodontiformes
Family:	†Petalodontidae; Newberry & Worthen, 1866
Genera
	†Ageleodus; †Antliodus; †Chomatodus; †; †; †; †; †; †; †Petalodus; †; †; †Siksika; †;

Petalodontidae is an extinct family of marine cartilaginous fish related to modern day chimaera found in what is now the United States of America and Europe. With a very few exceptions, they are known entirely from teeth. All fossils range from the Carboniferous to the Permian, where they are presumed to have died out during the Permian/Triassic extinction event.

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^ Petalodontidae at www.helsinki.fi

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Petalodontidae Temporal range: Lower Carboniferous to Permian

Teeth of Petalodus ohioensis (Carboniferous).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	†Petalodontiformes
Family:	†Petalodontidae Newberry & Worthen, 1866
Genera
†Ageleodus †Antliodus †Chomatodus † † † † † † †Petalodus † † †Siksika †^[1]