Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Synonym: Ptychodus connellyi MacLeod and Slaughter 1980
Belongs to Ptychodus according to S. A. Hamm and K. Shimada 2004
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Buffonites, Ptychodus altior, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus articulatus, Ptychodus belluccii, Ptychodus concentricus, Ptychodus decurrens, Ptychodus elevatus, Ptychodus latissimus, Ptychodus mahakalensis, Ptychodus mammillaris, Ptychodus marginalis, 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: found only at Brushy Creek, southeast of Bartley Woods (Cretaceous of Texas)
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