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Ptychodus whipplei

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychodus whipplei was named by Marcou (1858).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ptychodus whipplei Marcou
1873Ptychodus whippleyi Leidy p. 300
1902Ptychodus whipplei Hay p. 318
1973Ptychodus whipplei Cappetta p. 505 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-6
1977Ptychodus whipplei Herman p. 64
1999Ptychodus whipplei Cappetta and Case p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-5
2006Ptychodus whipplei Shimada p. 166 fig. 4B
2016Ptychodus whipplei Bice and Shimada p. 175 fig. 2D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
familyPtychodontidae
genusPtychodus
specieswhippleiMarcou 1858

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 whipplei Marcou 1858
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Diagnosis
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