Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Belongs to Ptychodus according to M. Amadori et al. 2023
See also Cook et al. 2013, Hay 1902, Nagrodski et al. 2012, Shimada 2006, Shimada and Martin 2008 and Shimada et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Buffonites, Ptychodus altior, 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 schlottheimii, Ptychodus whipplei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Ukraine (2), United States (12: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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