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Ptyktoptychion

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Ptyktoptychion
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Callorhinchidae
Genus: Ptyktoptychion
Lees, 1986
Species
  • Ptyktoptychion tayyo Lees, 1986
  • Ptyktoptychion wadeae Bartholomai, 2008

Ptyktoptychion is an extinct genus of chimaeras known from the Early Cretaceous of Australia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.