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Flexoptychites flexuosus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites flexuosus was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). It is not extant. Its type locality is Schreyeralm (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Flexoptychites flexuosus by Spath (1951), Fantini Sestini (1988), Fantini Sestini (1996), Vörös (2010) and Vörös (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. flexosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ptychites flexuosus von Mojsisovics p. 261 figs. Pl. 63, figs 2-8; Pl. 44, figs 1-3; Pl. 46, figs 2, 3
1915Ptychites flexuosus Arthaber
1951Flexoptychites flexuosus Spath p. 150
1988Flexoptychites flexuosus Fantini Sestini p. 66 figs. Pl 13, fig 6
1996Flexoptychites flexuosus Fantini Sestini
2010Flexoptychites flexuosus Vörös p. 13 figs. Pl. 3, figs 4, 5
2018Flexoptychites flexuosus Vörös p. 140 figs. Pl 43, figs 1-3

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

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.

†Flexoptychites flexuosus von Mojsisovics 1882
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Ptychites flexuosus (206619 206722 206724 206729 206731 206732)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Flexoptychites flexuosus (128397 128442 128444 128445)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) Ptychites flexuosus (211770)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Tyrol) Ptychites flexuosus (211799)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Flexoptychites flexuosus (92046 92047 182850 182855 182861 182863 182866 199576 199579 199581 199584 199585 199586 199587 199588 199590 199591 199595 199596 199597 199598 199599 199812 199813 199815 199816 199817 199819 199822 199823 199824 199833 199844 199864 199865 199867 199876)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria Flexoptychites flexuosus (126955) Ptychites flexuosus (136996)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) Flexoptychites flexuosus (43670 43671 43672 43676 43678 44589 199785 199789 199793 199803 199877 199879 199880 199888)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) Flexoptychites flexuosus (211431 211432)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Turkey Flexoptychites flexuosus (143904 143954 143960 143961 143962 143964)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian247.2 - 221.5Turkey (Anatolia) Ptychites flexuosus (204511 204518)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Tunisia (Jeffara) Ptychites flexuosus (44741)