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Neoptychites hottingeri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Neoptychites hottingeri was named by Collignon (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-12-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Neoptychites hottingeri Collignon
2008Neoptychites hottingeri Kennedy et al. p. 160 fig. 7,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
Life
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusNeoptychitesKossmat 1895
specieshottingeriCollignon 1967

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.

Neoptychites hottingeri Collignon 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height142.7
shell diameter185.7
shell inflation117.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco Neoptychites hottingeri (175005)