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Ptychodus whipplei

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychodus whipplei was named by Marcou (1858).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. wipplei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ptychodus whipplei Marcou
1873Ptychodus whippleyi Leidy p. 300
1902Ptychodus whipplei Hay p. 318
1968Ptychodus whippleyi Bardack p. 146 fig. 2
1973Ptychodus whipplei Cappetta p. 505 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-6
1977Ptychodus whipplei Herman p. 64
1999Ptychodus whipplei Cappetta and Case p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-5
2004Ptychodus whipplei Cicimurri p. 7 fig. 4I
2006Ptychodus whipplei Shimada p. 166 fig. 4B
2011Ptychodus whipplei Hamm and Cicimurri p. 112 fig. 3E
2016Ptychodus whipplei Bice and Shimada p. 175 fig. 2D

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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
specieswhippleiMarcou 1858

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 whipplei Marcou 1858
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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 Early/Lower Coniacian or 100.50000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Ptychodus whipplei (236734 236737)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Iowa) Ptychodus whipplei (213400)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Ptychodus whipplei (213402)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Ptychodus whipplei (213385 213386)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Ptychodus whipplei (213291)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Ptychodus whipplei (213304)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Wyoming) Ptychodus whipplei (241390)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Ptychodus whipplei (35365 213387 213390 213524)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Ptychodus whipplei (241389)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Montana) Ptychodus whipplei (215792)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Ptychodus whipplei (213389)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Ptychodus whipplei (179267)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Montana) Ptychodus whipplei (215793)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Ptychodus whipplei (181902)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Ptychodus whipplei (102879)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) Ptychodus whipplei (179209)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Ptychodus whipplei (213300)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) Ptychodus whipplei (241388)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.8 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Ptychodus whippleyi (36714)