Ptyktoptychion
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
| Ptyktoptychion Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Callorhinchidae |
| Genus: | †Ptyktoptychion Lees, 1986 |
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Ptyktoptychion is an extinct genus of chimaeras known from the Early Cretaceous of Australia.[1]
References
- ^ Lees, Tempe A. (1986). "A new chimaeroid Ptyktoptychion tayyogen. Et sp. Nov. (Pisces:Holocephali) from the marine Cretaceous of Queensland". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 10 (3): 187–193. doi:10.1080/03115518608619154.
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