Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
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 Astieriptychites according to J. A. Jeletzky and E. Kemper 1988
Sister taxa: Polyptychites (Astieriptychites) astieriformis, Polyptychites (Astieriptychites) astieriptychus
Type specimen: GSC 77110, a shell. Its type locality is GSC Loc. 93865 - Mackenzie King Island [Deer Bay Fm], which is in a Valanginian marine siliciclastic in the Deer Bay Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at GSC Loc. 93865 - Mackenzie King Island [Deer Bay Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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