Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Alternative combination: Ptychodus whippleyi
Belongs to Ptychodus according to K. N. Bice and K. Shimada 2016
See also Cappetta 1973, Cappetta and Case 1999, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Leidy 1873 and Shimada 2006
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 mortoni, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus schlottheimii, Ptychodus spectabilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), United States (18: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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