Polyacrodus ritchiei Johnson 1981 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Full reference: G. D. Johnson. 1981. Hybodontoidei (Chondrichthyes) from the Wichita-Albany Group (Early Permian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):1-41

Belongs to Polyacrodus according to G. D. Johnson 1981

Sister taxa: Polyacrodus brevicostatus, Polyacrodus claveringensis, Polyacrodus cloacinus, Polyacrodus heterodon, Polyacrodus illingworthi, Polyacrodus jiangxiensis, Polyacrodus krafti, Polyacrodus lapalomensis, Polyacrodus maiseyi, Polyacrodus minimus, Polyacrodus parvidens, Polyacrodus polycyphus, Polyacrodus pyramidalis, Polyacrodus tiandongensis, Polyacrodus tregoi, Polyacrodus tuberculatus, Polyacrodus wichitaensis, Polyacrodus zideki

Type specimen: SMP-SMU 64555, a tooth. Its type locality is Rattlesnake Canyon RC, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Admiral Formation of Texas.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rattlesnake Canyon RC

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