Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel 157-390
Belongs to Ptychodus according to J. Herman 1975
See also Agassiz 1843 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Ptychodus altior, Ptychodus anonymus, Ptychodus arcuatus, Ptychodus articulatus, Ptychodus belluccii, Ptychodus concentricus, Ptychodus decurrens, Ptychodus depressus, Ptychodus elevatus, Ptychodus gibberulus, Ptychodus mahakalensis, Ptychodus mammillaris, Ptychodus marginalis, Ptychodus martini, Ptychodus mortoni, Ptychodus multistriatus, Ptychodus occidentalis, Ptychodus oweni, Ptychodus papillosus, Ptychodus parvulus, Ptychodus paucisulcatus, Ptychodus polygyrus, Ptychodus rugosus, Ptychodus spectabilis, Ptychodus whipplei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hokkaido and Honshu (Loc. 5) (Cretaceous of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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