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Ptychodus mortoni

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychodus mortoni was named by Mantell (1836).

It was recombined as Hemiptychodus mortoni by Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Ptychodus mortoni Mantell p. 27
1839Ptychodus mortoni Agassiz figs. Pl 25, figs 1-3
1843Ptychodus mortoni Agassiz p. 158
1873Ptychodus mortoni Leidy p. 295
1889Ptychodus mortoni Woodward p. 149
1902Hemiptychodus mortoni Hay p. 317
1970Ptychodus mortoni Applegate p. 393
1977Ptychodus mortoni Herman p. 54
1981Ptychodus mortoni Thurmond and Jones p. 41
1989Ptychodus mortoni Williamson et al. p. 241 figs. 2J-L
1996Ptychodus mortoni Shimada p. 6 figs. 5A-B
1999Ptychodus mortoni Cappetta and Case p. 10 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-3
2010Ptychodus mortoni Shimada et al. p. 250 fig. 2
2011Ptychodus mortoni Bourdon et al. p. 6 fig. 4J
2016Ptychodus mortoni Bice and Shimada p. 175 fig. 2C
2021Ptychodus mortoni Maisch et al. pp. 4, 11, 21 figs. 5G-X, 11B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
familyPtychodontidae
genusPtychodus
speciesmortoni

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 mortoni Mantell 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 93.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Ptychodus mortoni (213305)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3USA (New Mexico) Ptychodus mortoni (221290)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Ptychodus mortoni (213299)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Ptychodus mortoni (213387)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Mexico (Coahuila) Ptychodus mortoni (92293)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Kansas) Ptychodus mortoni (213405 213549)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.3 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Ptychodus mortoni (164393)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Ptychodus mortoni (94652)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) Ptychodus mortoni (52037)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Georgia) Ptychodus mortoni (61769)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Ptychodus mortoni (171351)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ptychodus mortoni (4203)