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Ptychodus altior

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ptychodus altior Agassiz p. 54
1838Ptychodus altior Agassiz figs. Pl 25b, figs 9,10
1839Ptychodus altior Agassiz p. 156
1873Ptychodus altior Leidy p. 300
2023Ptychodus altior Amadori et al. p. 4 fig. 2A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
familyPtychodontidae
genusPtychodus
speciesaltior

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ptychodus altior Agassiz 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Ukraine Ptychodus altior (231904)