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Proptychites oldhamianus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites oldhamianus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nammal Gorge, road from Namal to Moosakheyl, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Proptychites oldhamianus Waagen p. 166 figs. Pl 19, fig 3
1909Proptychites typicus von Krafft
1934Proptychites oldhamianus Spath
1934Proptychites typicus Spath
2018Proptychites oldhamianus Ware and Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusProptychites
speciesoldhamianus

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.

†Proptychites oldhamianus Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Proptychites typicus von Krafft 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height133.0
shell diameter162.0
shell inflation18.00

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: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Smithian or 250.50000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Nepal (Byans) Proptychites typicus (215032)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan (Punjab) Proptychites oldhamianus (217480 217482)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Proptychites oldhamianus (type locality: 143809 143810)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Himachal Pradesh) Proptychites oldhamianus (217563 217564 217591 217610 217612)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Gunagxi) Proptychites typicus (44014)