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Dichotomites (Dichotomites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Dichotomites (Dichotomites) Koenen
2006Dichotomites (Dichotomites) Alsen p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusDichotomitesKoenen 1909
subgenusDichotomitesKoenen 1909

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. †Dichotomites (Dichotomites) Koenen 1909
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Invalid names: Amundiptychites chatangensis Golbert and Klimova 1983 [synonym], Amundiptychites sachsi Golbert and Klimova 1983 [synonym], Dichotomites (Dichotomites) involutus Burdykina 1983 [synonym], Dichotomites (Dichotomites) romani Kemper 1978 [synonym], Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) hollwedensis Kemper 1978 [synonym], Dichotomites mangyschlakensis Luppov 1983 [synonym], Dichotomites toryschensis Luppov 1983 [synonym], Polyptychites frechi Koenen 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites tardescissus Koenen 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites terscissus Koenen 1902 [synonym], Ringnesiceras (Elleficeras) ellefense Kemper and Jeletzky 1979 [synonym]
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: Early/Lower Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Dichotomites krausei (83686)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Dichotomites bidichotomites (83708)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Dichotomites krausei (192529)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Prodichotomites hollwedensis (87527) Ringnesiceras ellefense (87556 87557)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Dichotomites involutus (65459) Polyptychites bidichotomus (189643 189644 189662 189663 189664 189666)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Svalbard and Jan Mayen Polyptychites bidichotomus (211954)