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Ptyctodontida

Placodermi - Ptyctodontida

Taxonomy
Ptyctodontida was named by Gross (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ptyctodontiformes by Long (2011).

It was assigned to Placodermi by Denison (1975); and to Placodermi by Denison (1978), Dineley and Metcalf (1999), Sepkoski (2002), Young (2010).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Ptyctodontida Gross
1975Ptyctodontida Denison p. 23
1978Ptyctodontida Denison
1999Ptyctodontida Dineley and Metcalf p. 11
2002Ptyctodontida Sepkoski
2010Ptyctodontida Young p. 527

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
orderPtyctodontidaGross 1932
orderPtyctodontidaGross 1932

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.

Or. †Ptyctodontida Gross 1932
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G. †Denisonodus Johnson and Elliott 1996
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Denisonodus plutonensis Johnson and Elliott 1996
G. †Rhamphodopsis Watson 1938
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G. †Tollodus Mark-Kurik 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available