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Ptychodus mammillaris

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychodus mammillaris was named by Agassiz (1835). Its type specimen is BMNH 4402, 4394-6, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. wipplei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz p. 54
1838Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz figs. Pl 25b, figs 11-20
1839Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz p. 151
1843Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz figs. Pl K, figs 1,2
1889Ptychodus mammillaris Woodward p. 133
1902Ptychodus mammillaris Hay p. 317
1935Ptychodus mammillaris Dalinkevičius p. 263 figs. Pl 3, fig 62
1999Ptychodus mammillaris Cappetta and Case p. 9 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3
2003Ptychodus mammillaris Shimada and Everhart p. 171 fig. 2A,B
2004Ptychodus mammillaris Everhart and Darnell p. 127 fig. 1
2013Ptychodus mammillaris Guinot et al. p. 593 fig. 3E,F
2021Ptychodus mammillaris Maisch et al. pp. 4, 11 figs. 5Y-Z
2023Ptychodus mammillaris Amadori et al. p. 6 fig. 2J,K

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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
speciesmammillaris

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 mammillaris Agassiz 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Ukraine Ptychodus mammillaris (231904)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Ptychodus mammillaris (213713 213719 213720)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Sweden Ptychodus mammillaris (70427)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Amakusa) Ptychodus mammillaris (161437)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Ptychodus mammillaris (213390)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Ardennes) Ptychodus mammillaris (213564)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland Ptychodus mammillaris (157553)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland (Opole) Ptychodus mammillaris (231881)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Ptychodus mammillaris (213300)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (Kansas) Ptychodus mammillaris (213411)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (New Mexico) Ptychodus mammillaris (221290)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Denmark (Bornholm Island) Ptychodus mammillaris (235545)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Ptychodus mammillaris (219958)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Ptychodus mammillaris (219956 219963)