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Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) pumilio

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychites pumilio was named by Vogel (1959) [DISTRIBUTION: Valanginian; Greenland, Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Bodylevskites pumilio by Jeletzky and Kemper (1988); it was recombined as Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) pumilio by Alsen (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Polyptychites pumilio Vogel figs. pl. 25
1988Bodylevskites pumilio Jeletzky and Kemper p. 21 figs. Pl 7, figs 7,8; pl 8, fig 5; pl 10, fig 4; pl 27, fig 3; pl 28, figs 3,6,7; text-fig 12
2006Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) pumilio Alsen p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCraspeditidaeSpath 1934
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusVirgatoptychitesVoronets 1958
subgenusPropolyptychites(Kemper 1964)
speciespumilio(Vogel 1959)

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.

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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 Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Virgatoptychites pumilio (83742)