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Polyptychites (Euryptychites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Euryptychites Pavlow
1973Paratollia Casey
1983Neopolyptychites Shulgina
1988Bodylevskites Jeletzky and Kemper p. 20
1988Paratollia Jeletzky and Kemper p. 23
1988Euryptychites Jeletzky and Kemper p. 28
1989Euryptychites Bogomolov p. 26
1999Euryptychites Zakharov et al. p. 1120
2002Bodylevskites Sepkoski
2006Polyptychites (Euryptychites) Alsen p. 94

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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
subgenusEuryptychites(Pavlow 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. †Polyptychites (Euryptychites) Pavlow 1914
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Subg. †Euryptychites (Euryptychites) Pavlow 1914
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Invalid names: Polyptychites gravidus Koenen 1909 [synonym]
†Polyptychites (Euryptychites) latissimus Neumayr and Uhlig 1881
Invalid names: Bodylevskites [synonym], Neopolyptychites Shulgina 1983 [synonym], Paratollia Casey 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height5617.010.049.016.08.20
shell diameter5646.226.0139.045.020.4
shell inflation5614.57.3036.114.75.93

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 (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Euryptychites sp. (95087)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Polyptychites pateraeformis (83683) Polyptychites sp. (83706)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Euryptychites sp. (65443 65452 189634 189642 189654) Neopolyptychites sp. (65748)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Siberiptychites pateraeformis (87535)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Polyptychites traillensis, Polyptychites laevis, Polyptychites molsbergensis (83715)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Euryptychites sp. (2487)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Euryptychites gravesiformis (211955)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation Euryptychites sp. (65458)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland Polyptychites latissimus, Polyptychites gravidus (2097)