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Proptychites grandis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites grandis was named by Spath (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch, locality 243 (Vishnuites beds), which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Proptychites grandis Spath p. 64 figs. Pl 14, figs 8,9; pl 17, fig 1; text-figs 2b,4e

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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
speciesgrandis

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 grandis Spath 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter379.059.7135.061.143.1

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: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Proptychites grandis (118548 type locality: 118775)