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Ptychodus mortoni

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychodus mortoni was named by Mantell (1836).

It was recombined as Hemiptychodus mortoni by Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Ptychodus mortoni Mantell p. 27
1839Ptychodus mortoni Agassiz figs. Pl 25, figs 1-3
1843Ptychodus mortoni Agassiz p. 158
1873Ptychodus mortoni Leidy p. 295
1889Ptychodus mortoni Woodward p. 149
1902Hemiptychodus mortoni Hay p. 317
1970Ptychodus mortoni Applegate p. 393
1977Ptychodus mortoni Herman p. 54
1981Ptychodus mortoni Thurmond and Jones p. 41
1989Ptychodus mortoni Williamson et al. p. 241 figs. 2J-L
1996Ptychodus mortoni Shimada p. 6 figs. 5A-B
1999Ptychodus mortoni Cappetta and Case p. 10 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-3
2010Ptychodus mortoni Shimada et al. p. 250 fig. 2
2011Ptychodus mortoni Bourdon et al. p. 6 fig. 4J
2016Ptychodus mortoni Bice and Shimada p. 175 fig. 2C
2021Ptychodus mortoni Maisch et al. pp. 4, 11, 21 figs. 5G-X, 11B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyPtychodontidae
genusPtychodus
speciesmortoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ptychodus mortoni Mantell 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available