Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Synonym: Ptychodus connellyi MacLeod and Slaughter 1980
Belongs to Ptychodus according to S. A. Hamm and D. J. Cicimurri 2011
See also Hamm and Shimada 2004, Hay 1902 and Herman 1977
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 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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Kansas, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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