Polyptychites traski Gabb 1864 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites traskii

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Polyptychites according to F. M. Anderson 1938

See also Gabb 1864 and Gabb 1869

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 saxonicus, Polyptychites sublatissimus, Polyptychites tethyale, Polyptychites trichotomus, Polyptychites villersensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polyptychites traski in the database

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