Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Alternative combination: Polyptychites (Polyptychites) canadensis
Full reference: E. Kemper and J. A. Jeletzky. 1979. New stratigraphically and phylogenetically important Olcostephanid (Ammonitida) taxa from the uppermost Lower and Upper Valanginian of Sverdrup Basin. Geological Society of Canada Paper 79(19):1-25
Belongs to Polyptychites according to J. A. Jeletzky and E. Kemper 1988
See also Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
Sister taxa: Polyptychites (Amundiptychites), Polyptychites (Astieriptychites), Polyptychites (Euryptychites), Polyptychites (Paleodichotomites), Polyptychites (Polyptychites), Polyptychites (Primitiviptychites), Polyptychites (Siberiptychites), Polyptychites balkwilli, Polyptychites brancoi, Polyptychites clarkei, Polyptychites hapkei, Polyptychites hesperius, Polyptychites hoeli, Polyptychites lamplughi, Polyptychites multicostatus, Polyptychites multiplicatus, Polyptychites oerlinghusanus, Polyptychites orbitatus, Polyptychites pavlowi, Polyptychites saxonicus, Polyptychites sublatissimus, Polyptychites tethyale, Polyptychites traski, Polyptychites trichotomus, Polyptychites villersensis
Type specimen: GSC 61755, a shell. Its type locality is GSC Loc. 93866 - Amund Ringnes Island [Deer Bay Fm], which is in a Valanginian marine siliciclastic in the Deer Bay Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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