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Ptychodus
Ptychodus mortoni
Ptychodus mortoni
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Hybodontiformes
Family:
Ptychodontidae
Genus:
Ptychodus
Species:
Ptychodus mortoni
Agassiz, L. 1843
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Geological Range
Turonian to Santonian
Paleogeographic Distribution
Kansas to Colorado; Alabama
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Santonian
Eutaw Formation (AL)
Eutaw Formation (MS)
Hosta Tongue Point Lookout Sandstone (NM)
Niobrara Formation (CO)
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill) (KS)
Turonian
Carlile Shale (KS)
Unknown Stage
Austin Chalk (TX)
Mooreville Formation (AL)
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill Mbr) (KS)
Niobrara Formation (SD)
Upper dentition of
Ptychodus mortoni
from the Santonian Niobrara Fm. of Rooks County, Kansas (FHSMVP 2238).
Stratigraphic position unknown