Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) pumilio Vogel 1959 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Alternative combinations: Bodylevskites pumilio, Polyptychites pumilio

Belongs to Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) according to P. Alsen 2006

See also Jeletzky and Kemper 1988

Sister taxa: Euryptychites (Propolyptychites) arcticus, Euryptychites (Propolyptychites) globulosus, Propolyptychites bentheimensis, Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) quadrifidus, Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) tenuicostatus, Paratollia kemperi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Loc. 2, northern Mols Berge [Albrechts Bugt Mbr, Palnatokes Bjerg Fm] (Cretaceous of Greenland)

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