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Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) fasciatus
Taxonomy
Amundiptychites fasciatus was named by Jeletzky and Kemper (1988) [DISTRIBUTION: Valanginian; Greenland.]. Its type specimen is GSC 77124, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) fasciatus by Alsen (2006).
It was recombined as Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) fasciatus by Alsen (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Amundiptychites fasciatus Jeletzky and Kemper p. 197 figs. Pl. 55, figs. 2a-d; pl 56, figs 2a-c; text-figs 60a,b |
| 2006 | Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) fasciatus Alsen p. 109 |
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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.
†Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) fasciatus Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 25.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 65.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 21.5 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Valanginian | Greenland | Polyptychites fasciatus (83708) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Amundiptychites fasciatus (87552 87555) |