ammonites
Ptychacanthus Agassiz 1837 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii-72

Parent taxon: Myliobatiformes according to H. Cappetta 1987

Sister taxa: Bates, Ceratopteridae, Dasyatidae, Dasyatoidea, Eomanta, Gymnuridae, Mobuloidea, Myliobatoidea, Texabatis, Turoniabatis, Urolophidae

Subtaxa: Ptychacanthus faujasii, Ptychacanthus sublevis

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Type: Ptychacanthus sublevis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore