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Flexoptychites bugunzhensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Flexoptychites bugunzhensis was named by Shevyrev (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/522 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bugunzha River, Ptychites-Flexoptychites beds (Il'ina coll), which is in a Pelsonian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Flexoptychites bugunzhensis Shevyrev p. 214 figs. Pl 18, fig 4
1995Flexoptychites bugunzhensis Shevyrev p. 67 figs. Pl 12, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPtychitidae()
genusFlexoptychites
speciesbugunzhensisShevyrev 1968

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.

Flexoptychites bugunzhensis Shevyrev 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height235.126.147.336.715.0
shell diameter265.848.689.068.828.6
shell inflation27.835.9010.48.153.18

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Russian Federation Flexoptychites bugunzhensis (99513 type locality: 143991)