†Ptyktoptychion wadeae Bartholomai 2008 (plownose chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Full reference: A. Bartholomai. 2008. Lower Cretaceous chimaeroids (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:49-56
Belongs to Ptyktoptychion according to A. Bartholomai 2008
Sister taxon: Ptyktoptychion tayyo
Type specimen: QMF52601, a tooth (right palatine plate). Its type locality is Boree Park near Richmond, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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