Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Feuilleton Additionnel aux Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles 21-64
Belongs to Ptychodus according to M. Amadori et al. 2023
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Cappetta and Case 1999, Dalinkevičius 1935, Everhart and Darnell 2004, Guinot et al. 2013, Hay 1902, Maisch et al. 2021, Shimada and Everhart 2003 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Buffonites, Ptychodus altior, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus articulatus, Ptychodus belluccii, Ptychodus concentricus, Ptychodus decurrens, Ptychodus elevatus, Ptychodus latissimus, Ptychodus mahakalensis, Ptychodus marginalis, Ptychodus martini, Ptychodus mortoni, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus schlottheimii, Ptychodus whipplei
Type specimen: BMNH 4402, 4394-6, a set of teeth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), France (1), Japan (4), Lithuania (3), Poland (2), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), United States (4: Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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