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Proptychites newelli

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites newelli was named by Tozer (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 14270 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 42372, Dunedin River, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in the Grayling Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. rosenkrantzei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Proptychites newelli Tozer p. 19 figs. Pl 1, figs 4a-d
1994Proptychites newelli Tozer p. 62 figs. Pl 10, figs 3a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusProptychites
speciesnewelliTozer 1963

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 newelli Tozer 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (British Columbia) Proptychites newelli (type locality: 137502)