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Flexoptychites matsushimaensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Flexoptychites matsushimaensis was named by Bando (1964). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hamada, Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture (reitzi zone), which is in a Fassanian marine shale in the Rifu Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Flexoptychites matsushimaensis Bando p. 105 figs. Pl 5, fig 1

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter1112.0

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: Fassanian or 241.46400 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Japan Flexoptychites matsushimaensis (type locality: 124316)