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Ptycharietites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy

Ptycharietites was named by Spath (1925).

It was assigned to Asteroceratinae by Howarth (2013).

Species

P. (Ptycharietites), P. asteroceroides

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. muellense, P. oncocephalus

Synonyms

Pompeckioceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ptycharietites by Howarth (2013).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Ptycharietites Spath
2002	Pompeckioceras Sepkoski
2013	Ptycharietites Howarth p. 25

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Psiloceratoidea	(Hyatt 1867)
family	Asteroceratidae	Spath 1946
genus	Ptycharietites	Spath 1925

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.

G. †Ptycharietites Spath 1925

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Subg. †Ptycharietites (Ptycharietites) Dommergues et al. 2010

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†Ptycharietites (Ptycharietites) heterogenus Dommergues et al. 2010

†Ptycharietites (Ptycharietites) ptychogenos Pompeckij 1897

†Ptycharietites asteroceroides Dommergues et al. 2010

Invalid names: Pompeckioceras [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:27:03

Modified:

2009-10-08 14:14:55

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	Portugal	P. asteroceroides (196202) P. heterogenus (196484) P. muellense (196481) P. muellense, P. heterogenus (196485) P. muellense, P. oncocephalus (196486) P. muellense, P. sp., P. heterogenus (196483) P. ptychogenos (196475 196476 196477 196478) P. sp. (196203 196487 196488 196489) P. sp., P. heterogenus (196482)