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Proptychites simplex

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites simplex was named by Spath (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch, Stensiö Plateau, locality 300, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. rosenkrantzei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Proptychites simplex Spath p. 65 figs. Pl 9, fig 1

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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
speciessimplex

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 simplex Spath 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter183.6

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: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Dienerian or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Proptychites simplex (118713 type locality: 118769)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Proptychites simplex (212297)