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Temnoptychites (Temnoptychites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Temnoptychites (Temnoptychites) Pavlow

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusTemnoptychitesSokolov 1913
subgenusTemnoptychitesPavlow 1914

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.

Subg. †Temnoptychites (Temnoptychites) Pavlow 1914
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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: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Valanginian or 139.80000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Temnoptychites euryptychoides, Temnoptychites insolutus (189606) Temnoptychites hoplitoides (189595 189623) Temnoptychites mediatus (189660 189661) Temnoptychites sp. (189638)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Temnoptychites mediatus (189662)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Temnoptychites kemperi (87562 87563)