Ptychotrygon pustulata

Kriwet, Nunn & Klug, 2009


Classification: Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Ptychotrygonidae

Reference of the original description
Kriwet, J. & Nunn, E.V. & Klug, S. (2009)
Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155(2), 316–347

Types
Ptychotrygon pustulata
Holotype: MPZ: 2005-29; Paratype: MPZ: 2005-30;


Description:


Citation: Ptychotrygon pustulata Kriwet, Nunn & Klug, 2009: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 09/2026

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Description
Original diagnosis after Kriwet, Nunn & Klug, 2009 [3290]: A species of Ptychotrygon characterized by the following dental features: teeth small; tooth crown massive and very convexly arched in labial and lingual views; central cusp not well differentiated and blunt with rounded cross-section; several short longitudinal labial ridges originating from crown base and a medio-labial ridge dividing above broad and rectangular apron; lingual face with well-marked central depression; root thin and not jutting out under the crown in occlusal view.

References
Begat, A. & Kriwet, J. & Gelfo, J.N. & Cavalli, S.G. & Schultz, J.A. & Martin, T. (2023)
The first southern hemisphere occurrence of the extinct Cretaceous sclerorhynchoid sawfish Ptychotrygon (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea), with a review of Ptychotrygon taxonomy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42(2), Article e2162411
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2022.2162411
Kriwet, J. & Nunn, E.V. & Klug, S. (2009)
Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155(2), 316–347
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00439.x