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Lanceoptychites indistinctus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites indistinctus was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). Its type specimen is GBA 1882/03/310 and is a 3D body fossil. 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 Lanceoptychites indistinctus by Balini (1998), Vörös (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ptychites indistinctus von Mojsisovics p. 263 figs. Pl. 67, figs 1, 2
1998Lanceoptychites indistinctus Balini p. 157 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; text-figs 10,11
2010Lanceoptychites indistinctus Vörös p. 16 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 3

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

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.

Lanceoptychites indistinctus von Mojsisovics 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height143.0
shell diameter187.9
shell inflation113.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Tyrol) Ptychites indistinctus (211799)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary Lanceoptychites indistinctus (128442)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria Ptychites indistinctus (type locality: 136996)