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Ptychoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceratidae was named by Meek (1876). Its type is Ptychoceras.

It was reranked as the subfamily Ptychoceratinae by Förster (1975).

It was assigned to Hamitaceae by Wright (1952); to Ammonoidea by Kemper (1964); to Baculitidae by Förster (1975); to Ancylocerataceae by Reboulet (1996), Landra et al. (2000); to Turrilitaceae by Szives (2007); and to Ancyloceratoidea by Henderson (1990), Bersac and Bert (2019).

Subtaxa
Diptychoceras, Inaptychoceras, Ptychoceras (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ptychoceratidae Meek
1952Ptychoceratidae Wright
1964Ptychoceratidae Kemper p. 38
1975Ptychoceratinae Förster p. 163
1990Ptychoceratidae Henderson p. 125
1996Ptychoceratidae Reboulet p. 180
2000Ptychoceratidae Landra et al. p. 38
2007Ptychoceratidae Szives p. 58
2019Ptychoceratidae Bersac and Bert

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyPtychoceratidaeMeek 1876
familyPtychoceratidaeMeek 1876

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.

Fm. †Ptychoceratidae Meek 1876
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G. †Diptychoceras Gabb 1869
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†Diptychoceras iwatense Obata and Matsukawa 2018
G. †Inaptychoceras Matsukawa 2021
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†Inaptychoceras koikei Matsukawa 2021
G. †Ptychoceras d'Orbigny 1842
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†Ptychoceras adpressum Sowerby 1814
†Ptychoceras emericianum d'Orbigny 1842
†Ptychoceras fauncei Haas 1942
†Ptychoceras laeve Matheron 1842
†Ptychoceras laeve Gabb 1869
†Ptychoceras natrice Anderson 1938
†Ptychoceras poni Simionescu 1898
†Ptychoceras puzosianum d'Orbigny 1842
†Ptychoceras quadratus Gabb 1864
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 137.05000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Mexico (Zacatecas) Diptychoceras mazapilense (87608)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Türkiye Ptychoceras sp. (239980)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) Ptychoceras ptychoceroides (56055)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Hungary Ptychoceras biassalense (61566)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Ptychoceras puziosianum (2323) Ptychoceras puzosianum (2325)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia Ptychoceras humboldtianum (97673)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Slovakia Ptychoceras sp. (69129)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Ptychoceras puzosianum (71828)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4USA (California) Ptychoceras natrice (225526)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy Ptychoceras sp. (82834) Ptychoceras sp., Ptychoceras poni (82831)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Ptychoceras emericianum (228368 228369 228370 228371)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Colombia Ptychoceras puzosianum (69069)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Georgia Ptychoceras sp. (2116)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Hungary Ptychoceras laeve (226273)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina Ptychoceras sp. (63996)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Russian Federation Ptychoceras sp. (65755)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Germany Ptychoceratidae indet. (64189)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (California) Diptychoceras laeve (216323 216327 216330 216331 216341 216342 216351 216352 216353 216355 216356 216358)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Madagascar Ptychoceras puzosi (83998)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Nagano) Diptychoceras iwatense, Inaptychoceras koikei (220847)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1USA (California) Diptychoceras laeve (216370)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Alaska) Ptychoceras laeve (38478 38501 38502 38503 38504 38505 38506 38507 38508 38509 38510 38511 38517 88058 88626)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (California) Diptychoceras laeve (216368) Diptychoceras laevis (122334)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France Ptychoceras laeve (56561) Ptychoceras sp. (58940)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (California) Diptychoceras laeve (225529)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Ptychoceras gaultinus (2166)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Ptychoceras glaber (87478 87479 87490)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Ptychoceras fauncei (83840)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Northern Territory) Ptychoceras adpressum (70245)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Antarctica Ptychoceras sp. (83366 83560)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Ptychoceras glaber (87714 87720)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Ptychoceras gracillimum, Diptychoceras mazapilense (87607)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Ptychoceras sp. (83390)