Biology:Megactenopetalus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Petalodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pristodontidae |
| Genus: | †Megactenopetalus David, 1944 |
Megactenopetalus is an extinct genus of petalodont fish which lived from the late Early Permian through the Late Permian.[1] It is known from a single species: M. kaibabanus. It was one of the last and largest petalodonts; estimates place it at 1.6 meters or 5.2 feet in length with a 20 centimeter or 7 inch mouth. It is known from the southwest of the United States , the Middle East, and China . The holotype was an upper left dentary which came from the Kaibab Formation on the northern rim of the Grand Canyon.[2] It is probably closely related to Ctenoptychius.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Megactenopetalus". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=34828.
- ↑ Hunt, A. P.; LUCAS, S. (2005). "THE CHONDRICHTHYAN MEGACTENOPETALUS KAIBABANUS FROM THE EARLY-? MIDDLE PERMIAN OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND ADJACENT AREAS OF TEXAS". The Nonmarine Permian: Bulletin 30: 117. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281409066. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ Ossian, C. (1976). Redescription of Megactenopetalus kaibabanus David 1944 (Chondrichthyes: Petalodontidae) with Comments on Its Geographic and Stratigraphic Distribution. Journal of Paleontology, 50(3), 392-397. Retrieved November 28, 2020, from JSTOR 1303519
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