Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Alternative combination: Hemiptychodus mortoni
Full reference: G. A. Mantell. 1836. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Objects of Geology, Natural History, and Antiquity, (Chiefly Discovered in Sussex), in the Museum, Attached to the Sussex Scientific and Literary Institution, at Brighton (6th Edition) 1-46
Belongs to Ptychodus according to H. M. Maisch et al. 2021
See also Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Antunes and Cappetta 2002, Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Blanco-Piñón et al. 2002, Blanco-Piñón et al. 2007, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta and Case 1999, Carrillo-Briceño 2012, Case et al. 2001, Cicimurri et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Leidy 1873, Mantell 1836, Shimada 1996, Shimada et al. 2010, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Williamson et al. 1989 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Buffonites, Ptychodus altior, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus articulatus, Ptychodus atcoensis, Ptychodus belluccii, Ptychodus concentricus, Ptychodus decurrens, Ptychodus elevatus, Ptychodus latissimus, Ptychodus mahakalensis, Ptychodus mammillaris, Ptychodus marginalis, Ptychodus martini, Ptychodus mediterraneus, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus schlotheimii, Ptychodus sulcatus, Ptychodus whipplei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Belgium (1), Mexico (2), Türkiye (1), United States (14: Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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