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Polyptychites (Amundiptychites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Amundiptychites Kemper and Jeletzky p. 3
1988Hollwediceras Jeletzky and Kemper p. 86
1988Amundiptychites Jeletzky and Kemper p. 190
2006Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) Alsen p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusPolyptychitesPavlow 1892
subgenusAmundiptychites()

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.

Subg. †Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
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Amundiptychites thorsteinssoni Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) fasciatus Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) sverdrupi Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
Invalid names: Hollwediceras Jeletzky and Kemper 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height125.0
shell diameter165.0
shell inflation121.5

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: Late/Upper Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Amundiptychites sverdrupi (87533)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Amundiptychites fasciatus (87555) Amundiptychites sverdrupi (87529) Amundiptychites thorsteinsoni, Amundiptychites sverdrupi, Amundiptychites fasciatus (87552)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Hollwediceras sphaericus (192523)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Polyptychites fasciatus (83708)