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Polyptychoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychoceras was named by Yabe (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni-u K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 971]. It is the type genus of Polyptychoceratinae.

It was assigned to Diplomoceratinae by Matsumoto (1984); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Polyptychoceratinae by Kennedy and Summesberger (1999), Ifrim et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Polyptychoceras Yabe
1984Polyptychoceras Matsumoto p. 29
1999Polyptychoceras Kennedy and Summesberger p. 29
2002Polyptychoceras Sepkoski
2013Polyptychoceras Ifrim et al. p. 894

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusPolyptychocerasYabe 1927

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.

G. †Polyptychoceras Yabe 1927
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Invalid names: Hamites berkelis Schluter 1876 [synonym]
Subg. †Polyptychoceras (Subptychoceras) Shimizu 1935
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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) P. haradanum, P. sp. (94681)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Japan P. subquadratum (87022)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) P. psudogaultinum (193939)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan P. sp. (4876 115279 115280 115283 115284 219958)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) P. jimboi, P. obstrictum (94682)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Sapporo) P. yubarense (98848)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (122930)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan P. haradanum (82351 82352 82353 82354 82355 82356 82357) P. sp. (115285 115295 115297)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina P. sp. (66644)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) P. obstrictum (86954)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Antarctica P. obstrictum (83371 83372 83373)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) P. mihoense (64587)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan P. pseudogaultinum (62209 62211 62212 62331 62335 62930) P. pseudogaultinum, P. sp. (62210 62214 62217) P. sp. (62215 62216 219957)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) P. haradanum (94689)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Sakhalin) P. subunduratum, P. pseudogaultinum (64595) Subptychoceras yubarense (64597)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan P. obatai (62236) P. pseudogaultinum (87024) P. pseudogaultinum, P. sp. (62232 62233) P. sp. (62237 62239)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica P. sp. (83566 166100) P. sp. juv. (166112)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan P. sp. (82332 82336 82338 82340 82343 82344 212860)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) P. sp. (171307)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica P. sp. (83390)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Austria P. pseudogaultinum, P. obliquecostatum (48008)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Angola P. pseudogaultinum (88882 88883)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Diplomoceras obstrictum (64608)