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Ptychoceras emericianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras emericianum was named by d'Orbigny (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. puzosi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Ptychoceras emericianum d'Orbigny
1990Ptychoceras emericianum Henderson p. 125
2000Ptychoceras emericianum Landra et al. p. 38
2007Ptychoceras emericianum Klein et al. p. 265
2019Ptychoceras emericianum Bersac and Bert p. 155 figs. Pl 5, fig 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyPtychoceratidaeMeek 1876
genusPtychocerasd'Orbigny 1842
speciesemericianumd'Orbigny 1842

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.

†Ptychoceras emericianum d'Orbigny 1842
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Ptychoceras emericianum (228368 228369 228370 228371)