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Ptyctodopsis menzeli

Placodermi - Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptyctodopsis menzeli was named by Denison (1985). Its type specimen is SUI 33860, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Pint's Quarry, which is in a Givetian carbonate dolomite in the Cedar Valley Formation of Iowa. It is the type species of Ptyctodopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ptyctodopsis menzeli Denison p. 512 fig. 1–7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Placodermiomorphi
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
orderPtyctodontidaGross 1932
familyPtyctodontidaeWoodward 1891
genusPtyctodopsis
speciesmenzeli

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.

Ptyctodopsis menzeli Denison 1985
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Diagnosis
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