Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and S. L. Cumbaa. 2010. Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontology 53:903-944
Belongs to Ptychodus according to C. J. Underwood and S. L. Cumbaa 2010
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 martini, Ptychodus mediterraneus, Ptychodus mortoni, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus schlotheimii, Ptychodus sulcatus, Ptychodus whipplei
Type specimen: RSM P2989.51, a tooth. Its type locality is Bainbridge River Bonebed, which is in a Cenomanian coastal mudstone in the Ashville Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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