Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422
Belongs to Ptychodus according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Cappetta and Case 1999, Case et al. 1990, Dalinkevičius 1935, Dixon 1850, Guinot et al. 2013 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 mortoni, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus pauli, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rhombodus, Ptychodus schlottheimii, Ptychodus spectabilis, Ptychodus whipplei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), France (2), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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