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Ptyktoptychion tayyo

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Ptyktoptychion tayyo was named by Lees (1986). Its type specimen is QMF12987, a tooth (right palatine plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North-east Paddock, Warra Station, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Ptyktoptychion tayyo Lees p. 187
2008Ptyktoptychion tayyo Bartholomai p. 51 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
familyCallorhynchidae(Garman 1901)
subfamilyCallorhynchinaeGarman 1901
genusPtyktoptychionLees 1986
speciestayyoLees 1986

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.

Ptyktoptychion tayyo Lees 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Ptyktoptychion tayyo (64807 type locality: 85237)