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Flexoptychites acutus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites acutus 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 acutus by Vörös and Pálfy (1989), Fantini Sestini (1996), Vörös (2010), Vörös (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. flexosus, F. gibbus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ptychites acutus von Mojsisovics p. 263 figs. Pl. 64, fig. 4; Pl. 65, fig. 1; Pl. 66, figs 4-6
1989Flexoptychites acutus Vörös and Pálfy p. 21
1996Flexoptychites acutus Fantini Sestini
2010Flexoptychites acutus Vörös p. 13 figs. Pl. 4, figs 1, 2
2018Flexoptychites acutus Vörös p. 141 figs. Pl 43, fig 4

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

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 acutus 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 Fassanian or 244.24000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Tyrol) Ptychites acutus (211799)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary Flexoptychites acutus (128397 128442 128444 128445)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Innsbruck) Ptychites acutus (202274 202275)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina Ptychites acutus (206618 206619 206726 206728 206729 206731 206732)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Greece (Epidavros) Flexoptychites acutus (211428 211429)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Hungary (Veszprem) Flexoptychites acutus (43676 43677 43678 43679 199879 199881 199883 199886 199887)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) Flexoptychites acutus (44683 44686 44687 44688 44690 44691)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Greece (Epidavros) Flexoptychites acutus (211431)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Bergamo) Flexoptychites acutus (33395 211544 211565 211567 211568 211569 211572)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Hungary Flexoptychites acutus (182850 182851 182852 182863 182865 199577 199578 199579 199581 199583 199584 199585 199591 199596 199597 199823 199844 199847 199864 199867 199872 199876)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria Ptychites acutus (136996)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Lombardy) Flexoptychites acutus (44532)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Hungary Flexoptychites acutus (92049)