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Polyptychites hoeli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychites hoeli was named by Frebold (1929). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. confericosta, P. keysserlingi, P. ovatus, P. petschorensis, P. virgifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Polyptychites hoeli Frebold p. 13 figs. Tafel II, Figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusPolyptychitesPavlow 1892
specieshoeli

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.

†Polyptychites hoeli Frebold 1929
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Valanginian or 139.80000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Polyptychites hoeli (211955 212036)