Ptychodus schlottheimii Agassiz 1834 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae

Alternative combination: Ptychodus schlotheimii

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Verzeichniss der in der Peträfakten-Sammlung des vaterländischen Museums befindlichen versteinerten Fische. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft des Vaterländischen Museums in Böhmen 12:66-71

Belongs to Ptychodus according to L. Agassiz 1834

See also Giusberti et al. 2018

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 paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus whipplei

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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