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Discoptychites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sturiidae

Taxonomy
Discoptychites was named by Diener (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-m Tr Anis-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychitidae by Spath (1951) and Kummel (1960); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sturiidae by Tozer (1981) and Vörös (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Discoptychites Diener
1951Discoptychites Spath p. 150
1960Discoptychites Kummel
1981Discoptychites Tozer p. 93
2002Discoptychites Sepkoski
2018Discoptychites Vörös p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familySturiidaeKipsarova 1958
genusDiscoptychitesDiener 1916

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.

G. †Discoptychites Diener 1916
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Discoptychites dux Giebel 1853
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Invalid names: Ptychites beyrichii Fritsch 1902 [synonym], Ptychites suttneri von Mojsisovics 1882 [synonym]
Discoptychites inaicus Diener 1915
Discoptychites korkodonensis Bychkov et al. 1976
Discoptychites pauli von Mojsisovics 1882
Discoptychites seebachi von Mojsisovics 1882
Discoptychites subfastigatus Bychkov et al. 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available