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Metaptychoceras smithi
Taxonomy
Ptychoceras smithi was named by Woods (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cuckhamsley Knob (Smith collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Metaptychoceras.
It was recombined as Metaptychoceras smithi by Wright (1979).
It was recombined as Metaptychoceras smithi by Wright (1979).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Ptychoceras smithi Woods |
| 1979 | Metaptychoceras smithi Wright p. 284 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2 |
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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.
†Metaptychoceras smithi Woods 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Metaptychoceras smithi (112693 159658 175763) Ptychoceras smithi (159132) |