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Ptychoceratodontidae

Dipnoi - Ptychoceratodontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceratodontidae was named by Martin (1982).

It was reranked as the subfamily Ptychoceratodontinae by Apesteguia et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Ceratodontiformes by Cuny and Ramboer (1991); to Ceratodontidae by Apesteguia et al. (2007); to Dipnoi by Cione (1987) and Agnolin et al. (2017); and to Dipnoi by Martin (1982) and Panzeri (2023).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Ptychoceratodontidae Martin p. 612
1987Ptychoceratodontidae Cione p. 115
1991Ptychoceratodontidae Cuny and Ramboer p. 72
2007Ptychoceratodontinae Apesteguia et al.
2017Ptychoceratodontidae Agnolin et al.
2023Ptychoceratodontidae Panzeri p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyPtychoceratodontidae
familyPtychoceratodontidae

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.

Fm. †Ptychoceratodontidae Martin 1982
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G. †Ptychoceratodus Jaekel 1926
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Ptychoceratodus acutus Priem 1924
Ptychoceratodus cionei Apesteguia et al. 2007
Ptychoceratodus concinnus Meyer and Plieninger 1844
Ptychoceratodus cuyanus Agnolin et al. 2017
Ptychoceratodus donensis Vorobyeva and Minikh 1968
Ptychoceratodus gracilis Vorobyeva and Minikh 1968
Ptychoceratodus phillipsi Agassiz 1838
Ptychoceratodus roemeri Skrzycki 2015
Ptychoceratodus serratus Agassiz 1838
Ptychoceratodus virapa Oldham 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 453.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2China Ptychoceratodus donensis (211602)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Ptychoceratodus sp. (98617)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Volgograd) Ceratodus donensis (27343)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ptychoceratodus serratus (101873)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina Ptychoceratodus cuyanus (123008)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ptychoceratodus concinnus (106462)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Poland (Opole) Ptychoceratodus roemeri (61448)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ceratodus concinnus (138865)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Ceratodontidae indet. (89992)
Norian228.0 - 208.5France Ptychoceratodus rectangulus (117821)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Lorraine) Ptychoceratodus phillipsi (36106)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Thailand (Changwat Nakhon Si Thammarat) Ferganoceratodus szechuanensis (137735)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0China (Sichuan) Ceratodus szechuanensis (47076 159590)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Oriental) Ptychoceratodontidae indet. (45726)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Figuig) Ptychoceratodontidae indet. (204918 204924 204936 204979 204990)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Ptychoceratodus sp. (228823)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Ptychoceratodus cionei (45087)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Ceratodus sp. (191131)