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Neoptychites cephalotus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites cephalotus was named by Courtiller (1860). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neoptychites cephalotus by Kennedy and Wright (1979), Chancellor (1982), Cobban and Hook (1983), Amédro and Hancock (1985), Zaborski (1987), Kennedy and Cobban (1988), Meister (1989), Summesberger (1992), Meister et al. (1994), Chancellor et al. (1994), Aly et al. (2008), Kennedy et al. (2008), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009), Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich (2012), Kennedy and Gale (2016), Benzaggagh et al. (2017) and Zaoui et al. (2024).

Subspecies

Neoptychites telingaeformis discrepans, Neoptychites telingaeformis elegans, Neoptychites telingaeformis palmata

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. transatlanticus, N. pioti

Synonyms

Ammonites telinga was named by Stolickza (1865). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neoptychites telinga by Cobban and Hook (1983) and Kennedy et al. (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Chancellor (1982), Zaborski (1987) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Neoptychites transitorius was named by Renz (1982). Its type specimen is Re6952, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Assemblage 2, La Morita [Chejendé Mbr, La Luna Fm], which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the La Luna Formation of Venezuela.

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Zaborski (1987) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Neoptychites xetriformis was named by Pervinquiére (1907). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Kennedy and Cobban (1988) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Neoptychites crassus was named by Solger (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balangi, Mungo River (Turonian float), which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Ammonites xetra was named by Stoliczka (1865).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Zaborski (1987) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Neoptychites gourguechoni was named by Pervinquiere (1907).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Zaborski (1987) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Pachydiscus africanus was named by Peron (1889).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Pulchellia perovalis was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

It was recombined as Neoptychites perovalis by Solger (1904), Riedel (1933) and Reyment (1955); it was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Neoptychites telingaeformis was named by Solger (1904).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neoptychites cephalotus by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).
Ammonites santonensis was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was replaced with Neoptychites cephalotus by Kennedy and Wright (1979).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Ammonites santonensis d'Orbigny pp. 212, No.
1860	Ammonites cephalotus Courtiller
1865	Ammonites telinga Stolickza
1865	Ammonites xetra Stoliczka
1889	Pachydiscus africanus Peron
1897	Pulchellia perovalis von Koenen p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; pl 2, fig 6
1898	Pulchellia perovalis von Koenen p. 62 figs. Pl 6, fig 4
1904	Neoptychites telingaeformis Solger p. 108 figs. Pl 3, figs 2-4; text-figs 7-17
1904	Neoptychites crassus Solger p. 119 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 5a-b; text-figs 18,19
1904	Neoptychites perovalis Solger p. 122
1907	Neoptychites gourguechoni Pervinquiere
1907	Neoptychites xetriformis Pervinquiére p. 398 figs. pl. 27, figs. 5a-b
1933	Neoptychites perovalis Riedel p. 123 figs. Pl 26, figs 7a,b; text-figs 33,34
1933	Neoptychites telingaeformis Riedel p. 123 figs. Pl 26, figs 5,5a,5b
1955	Neoptychites perovalis Reyment p. 66 figs. Pl 10, figs 4a,b; text-fig 29
1955	Neoptychites telingaeformis Reyment p. 66 figs. Pl 11, figs 4a,b; pl 15, fig 1; text-fig 30
1955	Neoptychites crassus Reyment p. 67
1958	Neoptychites telingaeformis Reyment p. 57
1958	Neoptychites crassus Reyment p. 58
1963	Neoptychites xetriformis Powell p. 1229 figs. Pl 171, figs 2-4; text-fig 5b
1963	Neoptychites gourguechoni Powell p. 1231 figs. Pl 171, fig 5; text-fig 5k,6b
1979	Neoptychites cephalotus Kennedy and Wright pp. 670-679
1979	Neoptychites xetriformis Kennedy and Wright pp. 679-680 figs. pl 84, fig 1-2; plate 5, fig 1-3
1982	Neoptychites cephalotus Chancellor p. 113
1982	Neoptychites transitorius Renz p. 87 figs. pl. 26, figs. 15a-b
1982	Neoptychites crassus Renz p. 88
1982	Neoptychites xetriformis Renz p. 88
1983	Neoptychites cephalotus Cobban and Hook p. 14
1983	Neoptychites telinga Cobban and Hook p. 14
1985	Neoptychites cephalotus Amédro and Hancock fig. 7c,d
1987	Neoptychites telinga Kennedy et al. p. 56
1987	Neoptychites cephalotus Zaborski p. 43 figs. 31, 32
1988	Neoptychites cephalotus Kennedy and Cobban p. 604 fig. 3.3,3.4,3.8,3.9
1989	Neoptychites cephalotus Meister p. 12 figs. Pl 4, fig 4; text-fig 9
1992	Neoptychites cephalotus Summesberger p. 116 figs. Pl 5, fig 1; text-fig 9
1994	Neoptychites cephalotus Chancellor et al. p. 70
1994	Neoptychites cephalotus Meister et al. p. 206 figs. Pl 9, fig 4; text-fig 10
2008	Neoptychites cephalotus Aly et al. p. 49 figs. Pl 6, figs 1a,b
2008	Neoptychites cephalotus Kennedy et al. p. 159 figs. Pl 3, figs 6-8; pl 6, figs 1-5
2009	Neoptychites cephalotus Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 34 figs. 9.4-9.6, 10.1-10.3
2012	Neoptychites cephalotus Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich p. 71 fig. 12
2016	Neoptychites cephalotus Kennedy and Gale p. 281 figs. 20A,B,G-I
2017	Neoptychites cephalotus Benzaggagh et al. p. 113 figs. 6C-K
2024	Neoptychites cephalotus Zaoui et al. p. 3 fig. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Vascoceratidae	Douvillé 1912
subfamily	Vascoceratinae	Douvillé 1912
genus	Neoptychites	Kossmat 1895
species	cephalotus	(Courtiller 1860)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860

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†Neoptychites telingaeformis elegans Solger 1904

Invalid names: Ammonites santonensis d'Orbigny 1850 [replaced], Ammonites xetra Stoliczka 1865 [synonym], Neoptychites crassus Solger 1904 [synonym], Neoptychites gourguechoni Pervinquiere 1907 [synonym], Neoptychites telinga Stolickza 1865 [synonym], Neoptychites telingaeformis Solger 1904 [synonym], Neoptychites transitorius Renz 1982 [synonym], Neoptychites xetriformis Pervinquiére 1907 [synonym], Pachydiscus africanus Peron 1889 [synonym], Pulchellia perovalis von Koenen 1897 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available