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Ptychites embreei

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites embreei was named by Bischof and Lehmann (2020). Its type specimen is GSUB C9453 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MUC2175, Muller Canyon, Augusta Mountains, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in the Favret Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Ptychites embreei Bischof and Lehmann p. 840 figs. 9.4-9.10, 10-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPtychitidae()
genusPtychitesMojsisovics 1875
speciesembreei

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.

†Ptychites embreei Bischof and Lehmann 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter215.39.9023.616.89.69

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Ptychites embreei (213152 type locality: 213153 213154 213155 213156)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Ptychites sp. (117091)