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Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

It was recombined as Hoplitoides wohltmanni by Solger (1904), Reyment (1955), Reyment (1958), Cobban and Hook (1980), Renz (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Neoptychites (Hoplites) lentiformis von Koenen p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,4,7
1897Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni von Koenen p. 12 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; pl 2, figs 3,9
1904Hoplitoides wohltmanni Solger p. 133 figs. Pl 5, fig 7; text-figs 24-27
1955Hoplitoides wohltmanni Reyment p. 78 figs. Pl 18, fig 3; text-fig 36
1958Hoplitoides wohltmanni Reyment p. 62
1980Hoplitoides wohltmanni Cobban and Hook p. 7 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4; text-figs 4,5
1982Hoplitoides wohltmanni Renz p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilyHoplitinaeDouvillé 1890
genusNeoptychites
subgenusHoplites
specieswohltmanni

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon Neoptychites wohltmanni (type locality: 209694)