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Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) quadrifidus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychites quadrifidus was named by Koenen (1902). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Propolyptychites quadrifidus by Jeletzky and Kemper (1988); it was recombined as Euryptychites (Propolyptychites) quadrifidus by Bogomolov (1989); it was recombined as Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) quadrifidus by Alsen (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Polyptychites quadrifidus Koenen
1909Polyptychites sinzowi Koenen
1964Polyptychites (Propolyptychites) emslandensis Kemper p. 24 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a,b; pl 2, fig 5
1983Neopolyptychites asiaticus Shulgina
1983Neopolyptychites bassovi Shulgina
1983Neopolyptychites pachsensis Shulgina
1988Paratollia emslandensis Jeletzky and Kemper p. 26 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1988Propolyptychites quadrifidus Jeletzky and Kemper p. 42 figs. Pl 4, fig 1, 7
1989Euryptychites (Propolyptychites) quadrifidus Bogomolov p. 31 figs. Pls 1-3; pl 4, figs 1,2
2006Virgatoptychites (Propolyptychites) quadrifidus Alsen p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusVirgatoptychitesVoronets 1958
subgenusPropolyptychites(Kemper 1964)
speciesquadrifidus(Koenen 1902)

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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Invalid names: Neopolyptychites asiaticus Shulgina 1983 [synonym], Neopolyptychites bassovi Shulgina 1983 [synonym], Neopolyptychites pachsensis Shulgina 1983 [synonym], Paratollia emslandensis Kemper 1964 [synonym], Polyptychites sinzowi Koenen 1909 [synonym]
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Euryptychites quadrifidus (189421 189422 189423 189424 189425 189426 189427 189428 189434 189435 189436 189437 189615 189628)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Euryptychites quadrifidus (64299)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Svalbard and Jan Mayen Polyptychites quadrifidus (212034 212035)