Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Synonyms: Ptychodus decurrens multiplicatus Leriche 1902, Ptychodus depressus Dixon 1850, Ptychodus levis Woodward 1893, Ptychodus multistriatus Woodward 1889, Ptychodus oweni Dixon 1850
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Belongs to Ptychodus according to M. Amadori et al. 2025
See also Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1839, Amadori et al. 2019, Amadori et al. 2023, Amadori et al. 2023, Amalfitano et al. 2020, Antunes and Cappetta 2002, Barrois 1874, Biriukov 2018, Cappetta and Case 1999, Carrillo-Briceño 2009, Cicimurri 2001, Dalinkevičius 1935, Dixon 1850, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Landemaine 1991, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006, Underwood and Cumbaa 2010, Vullo and Courville 2014, Williamson et al. 1993, Woodward 1889 and Zaręczny 1878
Sister taxa: Buffonites, Ptychodus altior, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus articulatus, Ptychodus atcoensis, Ptychodus belluccii, Ptychodus concentricus, Ptychodus elevatus, Ptychodus latissimus, Ptychodus mahakalensis, Ptychodus mammillaris, Ptychodus marginalis, Ptychodus martini, Ptychodus mediterraneus, Ptychodus mortoni, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus schlotheimii, Ptychodus sulcatus, Ptychodus whipplei
Type specimens:
- Ptychodus decurrens: BMNH P.5449, a set of teeth
- Ptychodus decurrens multiplicatus: Its type locality is Autreppe, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian carbonate limestone in France.
- Ptychodus depressus:
- Ptychodus levis:
- Ptychodus multistriatus: BMNH P.2681, a set of teeth.
- Ptychodus oweni: BMNH 39125-a, a tooth.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections), Brazil (1), Canada (2: Saskatchewan), Croatia (1), France (7), Italy (3), Lithuania (3), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (28: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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