Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Alternative combination: Amundiptychites fasciatus
Full reference: J. A. Jeletzky and E. Kemper. 1988. Comparative paleontology and stratigraphy of Valanginian Polyptychitinae and Simbirskitinae in Sverdrup Basin (Arctic Canada) and lower Saxony Basin (northwest Germany). Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 377:1-220
Belongs to Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) according to P. Alsen 2006
See also Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
Sister taxa: Amundiptychites thorsteinssoni, Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) sphaericus, Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) sverdrupi
Type specimen: GSC 77124, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections), Greenland (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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