Detail View: Fossil Fishes of Alabama: Ptychodus

Ptychodus Version 1

Jun A. Ebersole, David J. Cicimurri, Gary L. Stringer, Stephen J. Jacquemin, & Charles N. Ciampaglio

Entry 3.013

Volume 3

Issue 7

Chapter 3: Cretaceous Fishes of Alabama

Version 1

Chondrichthyes

Lamniformes

Ptychodontidae

Ptychodus

Mesozoic

Cretaceous

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