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Euptychoceras meyrati

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Bochianitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras meyrati was named by Ooster (1860) [DISTRIBUTION: Aptian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Euptychoceras.

It was recombined as Euptychoceras meyrati by Avram and Gradinaru (1993), Klein et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Ptychoceras meyrati Ooster p. 82 figs. pl. 59, figs. 1-4
1993Euptychoceras meyrati Avram and Gradinaru p. 672
2000Ptychoceras meyrati Landra et al. p. 40
2007Euptychoceras meyrati Klein et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderProtancyloceratinaVermeulen 2005
superfamilyBochianitoideaSpath 1922
familyBochianitidaeSpath 1922
genusEuptychocerasBreistroffer 1952
speciesmeyrati(Ooster 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.

Euptychoceras meyrati Ooster 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 132.60000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Hungary Euptychoceras meyrati (86359) Ptychoceras meyrati (61566)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Ptychoceras meyrati (65611 65612 65613 65614)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Slovakia Euptychoceras meyrati (2060)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy Ptychoceras meyrati (82835 82837)