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 Polyptychites according to J. A. Jeletzky and E. Kemper 1988
Sister taxa: Polyptychites (Amundiptychites), Polyptychites (Astieriptychites), Polyptychites (Euryptychites), Polyptychites (Paleodichotomites), Polyptychites (Polyptychites), Polyptychites (Primitiviptychites), Polyptychites (Siberiptychites), Polyptychites balkwilli, Polyptychites brancoi, Polyptychites canadensis, Polyptychites clarkei, Polyptychites hapkei, Polyptychites hesperius, Polyptychites hoeli, Polyptychites lamplughi, Polyptychites multicostatus, Polyptychites multiplicatus, Polyptychites oerlinghusanus, Polyptychites orbitatus, Polyptychites pavlowi, Polyptychites sublatissimus, Polyptychites tethyale, Polyptychites traski, Polyptychites trichotomus, Polyptychites villersensis
Type specimen: GIH 2517, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polyptychites saxonicus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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