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Lanceoptychites charlyanus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites charlyanus was named by Diener (1900). Its type specimen is GBA 1900/3/37 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schiechlinghöhe (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Lanceoptychites charlyanus by Balini (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Ptychites charlyanus Diener p. 31 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1998Lanceoptychites charlyanus Balini p. 163 figs. Pl 3, fig 2; text-figs 12,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPtychitidae()
genusLanceoptychites
speciescharlyanus(Diener 1900)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height134.9
shell diameter165.7
shell inflation16.35

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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria Ptychites charlyanus (136997)