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Ptychoceras (Diptychoceras) glaber

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hamites glaber was named by Whiteaves (1884) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Based on lectotype.]. Its type specimen is GSC 4962, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cyrtochilus glaber by Anderson (1958); it was recombined as Ptychoceras (Diptychoceras) glaber by McLearn (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. puzosi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Hamites glaber Whiteaves p. 213 figs. pl. 24, figs. 2, 2a
1958Cyrtochilus glaber Anderson p. 188
1972Ptychoceras (Diptychoceras) glaber McLearn p. 74

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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
genusPtychoceras
subgenusDiptychoceras
speciesglaber(Whiteaves 1884)

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Ptychoceras glaber (87478 87479 87490)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Ptychoceras glaber (87714 87720)