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Phylloptychoceras sipho

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras sipho was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India. It is the type species of Phylloptychoceras.

It was recombined as Phylloptychoceras sipho by Spath (1953), Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ptychoceras sipho Forbes p. 118 figs. Pl 11, fig 5
1953Phylloptychoceras sipho Spath p. 16
1992Phylloptychoceras sipho Kennedy and Henderson p. 387
1993Phylloptychoceras sipho Ward and Kennedy p. 51 figs. 18.8, 43.3, 43.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusPhylloptychoceras
speciessipho()

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.

Phylloptychoceras sipho Forbes 1846
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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 Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India Ptychoceras sipho (type locality: 41428)