Ptychodus paucisulcatus Dixon 1850 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae

Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422

Belongs to Ptychodus according to J. Herman 1977

See also Dixon 1850

Sister taxa: Buffonites, Ptychodus altior, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus articulatus, Ptychodus belluccii, Ptychodus concentricus, Ptychodus decurrens, Ptychodus elevatus, Ptychodus latissimus, Ptychodus mahakalensis, Ptychodus mammillaris, Ptychodus marginalis, Ptychodus martini, Ptychodus mortoni, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus schlottheimii, Ptychodus whipplei

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ptychodus paucisulcatus in the database

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