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Ptychotrygon slaughteri
Taxonomy
Ptychotrygon slaughteri was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amon Carter Airfield (ACA), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Lewisville Formation of Texas.
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-08-28; modified by M. Clapham on 2020-10-19
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Ptychotrygon slaughteri Cappetta and Case p. 306 fig. 5 |
| 1999 | Ptychotrygon slaughteri Cappetta and Case p. 40 figs. Pl 25, figs 1-9 |
| 2025 | Ptychotrygon slaughteri Juranek and Shimada p. 14 fig. 6I |
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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.
†Ptychotrygon slaughteri Cappetta and Case 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Ptychotrygon slaughteri (type locality: 213298) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Nebraska) | Ptychotrygon slaughteri (239336) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Ptychotrygon slaughteri (221052) |