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Proptychites ammonoides

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy

Proptychites ammonoides was named by Waagen (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. inflatus, P. kwangsiensis, P. lawrencianus, P. lenticularis, P. mohamedis, P. pakungensis, P. radiatus, P. rosenkrantz, P. rosenkrantzei

Synonyms

Koninckites alterammonoides was named by Krafft (1909).

It was recombined as Proptychites alterammonoides by Shigeta and Zakharov (2009); it was synonymized subjectively with Proptychites ammonoides by Ware and Bucher (2018).
Koninckites haydeni was named by Krafft (1909).

It was recombined as Proptychites haydeni by Ware et al. (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Proptychites ammonoides by Ware and Bucher (2018).
Aspidites crassus was named by Krafft (1909).

It was recombined as Clypeoceras crassum by Spath (1934); it was recombined as Aspitella crassa by Waterhouse (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Proptychites alterammonoides by Shigeta and Zakharov (2009); it was synonymized subjectively with Proptychites ammonoides by Ware and Bucher (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Proptychites ammonoides Waagen p. 171 figs. Pl 17, fig 1; pl 19, fig 2
1909	Koninckites alterammonoides Krafft
1909	Koninckites haydeni Krafft
1909	Aspidites crassus Krafft p. 58 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
1934	Clypeoceras crassum Spath
1934	Proptychites ammonoides Spath
1996	Aspitella crassa Waterhouse
2009	Proptychites alterammonoides Shigeta and Zakharov p. 110 figs. 98, 99
2011	Proptychites haydeni Ware et al. p. 173 figs. 15-17
2018	Proptychites ammonoides Ware and Bucher

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Meekoceratina
superfamily	Meekoceratoidea	Waagen 1895
family	Proptychitidae	Waagen 1895
genus	Proptychites
species	ammonoides

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.

†Proptychites ammonoides Waagen 1895

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Invalid names: Aspidites crassus Krafft 1909 [synonym], Koninckites alterammonoides Krafft 1909 [synonym], Koninckites haydeni Krafft 1909 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	4	31.0	13.7	77.0	30.5	27.9
shell diameter	4	57.7	25.2	155.0	54.4	57.6
shell inflation	4	7.54	3.90	26.0	5.65	10.5

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:33:06

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:36:47

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	India (Himachal Pradesh)	Proptychites ammonoides (217565 217566 217584 217585 217586 217602 217611 217614 217615)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	USA (Nevada)	Proptychites ammonoides (96955) Proptychites haydeni (106528 106529 120313 120314 120315)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	China (Xizang)	Proptychites ammonoides (229733 229734 229735 229736 229737)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	Pakistan (Punjab)	Proptychites ammonoides (217483 217484 217485 217486 217497 217503 217504 217511)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai)	Proptychites alterammonoides (90210)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	Pakistan	Proptychites ammonoides (143814 143817)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	India	Proptychites haydeni (104980)