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Ptychophylloceras feddeni

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras feddeni was named by Waagen (1875) [DISTRIBUTION: Barremian; France.]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ptychophylloceras.

It was recombined as Ptychophylloceras feddeni by Avram and Gradinaru (1993) and Wright et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Phylloceras feddeni Waagen
1993Ptychophylloceras feddeni Avram and Gradinaru p. 671
1996Ptychophylloceras feddeni Wright et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPtychophyllocerasSpath 1927
speciesfeddeni()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Ptychophylloceras feddeni (98168)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Ptychophylloceras feddeni (68644)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Ptychophylloceras feddeni (98171)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Ptychophylloceras feddeni (98165 98169 98194)