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Polyptychites hapkei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychites hapkei was named by Jeletzky and Kemper (1988). Its type specimen is BGR kv 285, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. confericosta, P. keysserlingi, P. ovatus, P. petschorensis, P. virgifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Polyptychites hapkei Jeletzky and Kemper p. 81 figs. Pl 9, figs 3,4; pl 10, fig 3; pl 11, fig 1; pl 13, fig 2; pl 28, fig 2; text-figs 33a,b,36b

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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
specieshapkei

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 hapkei Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
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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: Early/Lower Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Polyptychites hapkei (87526)