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Phlycticeras polygonium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Strigoceratidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites polygonius was named by Zieten (1831).

It was recombined as Phlycticeras polygonium by Jain (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. franconicum, P. lachati, P. pustulatum

Synonyms

Amaltheus schaumburgi was named by Waagen (1875).

It was synonymized subjectively with Phlycticeras polygonium by Jain (2017).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1831	Ammonites polygonius Zieten
1873	Amaltheus schaumburgi Waagen
1875	Amaltheus schaumburgi Waagen p. 41 figs. PI. IX, Fig. 1 a,b,c
2017	Phlycticeras polygonium Jain p. 138 figs. 11a,b, 12a-d, 13f-h,i-n

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Haploceratina
superfamily	Haploceratoidea	(Zittel 1884)
family	Strigoceratidae	Buckman 1914
genus	Phlycticeras
species	polygonium	(Zieten 1831)

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.

†Phlycticeras polygonium Zieten 1831

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Invalid names: Amaltheus schaumburgi Waagen 1875 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	45.4	41.3	50.0	45.6	6.15
shell diameter	2	88.2	82.4	94.5	88.5	8.56
shell inflation	2	17.9	17.0	18.9	17.9	1.34

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: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India (Gujarat)	Phlycticeras polygonium (184591)
Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India (Gujarat)	Phlycticeras polygonium (184590 184592)