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Ptychoceratodus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ptychoceratodontidae : Ptychoceratodus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Cuny and G. Ramboer. 1991. Nouvelles donnees sur la faune et l'age de Saint Nicolas de Port [New data on the fauna and age of Saint Nicolas de Port]. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 10(1):69-78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ptychoceratodus acutus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ptychoceratodus concinnus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ptychoceratodus cuyanus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Ptychoceratodus donensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Ptychoceratodus gracilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ptychoceratodus ornatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ptychoceratodus phillipsi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ptychoceratodus rectangulus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ptychoceratodus serratus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Ptychoceratodus szechuanensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Ptychoceratodus virapa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1926 | Ptychoceratodus Jaekel |
| 1982 | Ptychoceratodus Martin p. 612 |
| 1991 | Ptychoceratodus Cuny and Ramboer p. 72 |
| 2004 | Ptychoceratodus Schultze p. 474 |
| 2017 | Ptychoceratodus Agnolin et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
