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Ptychodus schlottheimii

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychodus schlottheimii was named by Agassiz (1834). It is the type species of Ptychodus.

It was considered a nomen oblitum by Giusberti et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ptychodus schlottheimii Agassiz p. 69

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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
speciesschlottheimii

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 schlottheimii Agassiz 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available