Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Alternative combination: Hemiptychodus mortoni
Full reference: G. A. Mantell. 1836. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Objects of Geology, Natural History, and Antiquity, (Chiefly Discovered in Sussex), in the Museum, Attached to the Sussex Scientific and Literary Institution, at Brighton (6th Edition) 1-46
Belongs to Ptychodus according to H. M. Maisch et al. 2021
See also Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta and Case 1999, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Leidy 1873, Mantell 1836, Shimada 1996, Shimada et al. 2010, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Williamson et al. 1989 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Buffonites, Ptychodus altior, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus arcuatus, Ptychodus articulatus, Ptychodus belluccii, Ptychodus concentricus, Ptychodus decurrens, Ptychodus elevatus, Ptychodus gibberulus, Ptychodus latissimus, Ptychodus mahakalensis, Ptychodus mammillaris, Ptychodus marginalis, Ptychodus martini, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus schlottheimii, Ptychodus spectabilis, Ptychodus whipplei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (12: Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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