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Scyliorhinus ptychtus

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus ptychtus was named by Noubhani and Cappetta (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in the Couche II Formation of Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. arambourgi, S. bloti, S. gilbert, S. ivagrantae, S. tensleepensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta p. 60 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-9
2023Scyliorhinus ptychtus Boulemia and Adnet p. 9 fig. 3T

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusScyliorhinusBlainville 1816
speciesptychtus

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.

†Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Morocco Scyliorhinus ptychtus (214373)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco Scyliorhinus ptychtus (116900 214372 214834)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Morocco Scyliorhinus ptychtus (133217)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco Scyliorhinus ptychtus (214839 type locality: 214848)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco Scyliorhinus ptychtus (214833)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria Scyliorhinus ptychtus (232262)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Scyliorhinus ptychtus (214840)