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Ptyktoptychion wadeae

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Ptyktoptychion wadeae was named by Bartholomai (2008). Its type specimen is QMF52601, a tooth (right palatine plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boree Park near Richmond, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Ptyktoptychion wadeae Bartholomai p. 53 figs. 4-7

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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
specieswadeae

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 wadeae Bartholomai 2008
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Ptyktoptychion wadeae (type locality: 64811 83752 122712)