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Ptychites opulentus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites opulentus was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). It 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ptychites opulentus von Mojsisovics
1896Ptychites opulentus Arthaber p. 100 figs. Pl 8, fig 9
1915Ptychites opulentus Arthaber
1973Ptychites oppulentus Kotański
1980Ptychites opulentus Gu et al. p. 354 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-8; pl 3, figs 1-3; text-fig 8
1988Ptychites opulentus Fantini Sestini p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPtychitidae()
genusPtychitesMojsisovics 1875
speciesopulentus

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.

†Ptychites opulentus von Mojsisovics 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.89.0015.412.24.53
shell diameter228.523.534.629.17.85
shell inflation28.598.209.008.600.566

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 Illyrian or 244.24000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Ptychites opulentus (29219 29224)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina Ptychites opulentus (206619 206729)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Austria (Innsbruck) Ptychites opulentus (202277 202279)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Türkiye Ptychites opulentus (143956 143974)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Austria Ptychites opulentus (216624)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Greece (Epidavros) Ptychites opulentus (211428 211429)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Austria Ptychites opulentus (186975)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Ptychites opulentus (204511 204518)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria Ptychites opulentus (type locality: 136996)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Greece (Epidavros) Ptychites opulentus (211431)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464China (Xizang) Ptychites opulentus (150445)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Poland Ptychites oppulentus (195215)