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Ptychites gradinarui

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites gradinarui was named by Bucher (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 448264 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Congress Canyon HB 37, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Ptychites gradinarui Bucher p. 439 figs. Pl 9, figs 11,12; pl 10, figs 1-4; pl 11, figs 21-26; text-fig 22
2020Ptychites gradinarui Bischof and Lehmann p. 837 figs. 3.8-3.10, 5, 6.1-6.11, 7, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPtychitidae()
genusPtychitesMojsisovics 1875
speciesgradinarui

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.

Ptychites gradinarui Bucher 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter541.113.2124.834.944.6

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: Pelsonian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Ptychites gradinarui (113677 113678 113680 113681 113706 113707 113710 type locality: 114116 213143 213145 213146 213147 213148 213149 213150)