Didymodus platypternus Cope 1884 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae

Alternative combination: Diacranodus platypternus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. On the structure of the skull in the Elasmobranch genus Didymodus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 21:572-590

Belongs to Didymodus according to E. D. Cope 1884

Sister taxa: Orthacanthus adamas, Orthacanthus buxieri, Orthacanthus compressus, Orthacanthus donnelljohnsi, Orthacanthus gibbosus, Orthacanthus gracilis, Orthacanthus lintonensis, Orthacanthus milleri, Orthacanthus minor, Orthacanthus platypternus, Orthacanthus pustulosus, Orthacanthus texensis, Dittodus priscus, Dittodus lucasi, Dittodus striatus, Diplodus problematicus, Diplodus parvulus, Diplodus acinaces, Diplodus minutus, Diplodus tenuis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Baylor County (Seymour) (Permian of Texas)

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