Ptychocorax aulaticus Glikman and Istchenko 1980 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae

Full reference: L. S. Glikman and V. V. Istchenko. 1980. Taxonomic names, in Evolyutsiya Melovykh i Kainozoiskikh Lamnoidnykh Akul. 1-248

Belongs to Ptychocorax according to H. Cappetta et al. 2014

See also Glikman and Istchenko 1980

Sister taxa: Ptychocorax dolloi, Ptychocorax hybodontoides

Type specimen: IGGD 2936/381. Its type locality is Aulyat, which is in a Santonian marine horizon in Uzbekistan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Aulyat

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