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Flexoptychites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Flexoptychites was named by Spath (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-u Tr Ladi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was assigned to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychitidae by Spath (1951), Tozer (1981), Fantini Sestini (1996) and Vörös (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Flexoptychites Spath p. 150
1981Flexoptychites Tozer p. 94
1996Flexoptychites Fantini Sestini
2002Flexoptychites Sepkoski
2018Flexoptychites Vörös p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPtychitidae()
genusFlexoptychites

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. †Flexoptychites Spath 1951
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†Flexoptychites acutus von Mojsisovics 1882
†Flexoptychites bugunzhensis Shevyrev 1968
†Flexoptychites flexuosus von Mojsisovics 1882
†Flexoptychites studeri Hauer 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height435.126.147.336.715.0
shell diameter474.948.6112.077.027.7
shell inflation47.835.9010.48.153.18

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (155 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Belluno) Ptychites studeri (212328)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Ptychites acutus (206618 206726 206728) Ptychites flexuosus (206722 206724) Ptychites flexuosus, Ptychites acutus (206619 206729 206731 206732)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) Ptychites flexuosus (211770)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Innsbruck) Ptychites acutus, Ptychites studeri (202274 202275)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Tyrol) Ptychites flexuosus, Ptychites acutus (211799)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy Ptychites angustoumbilicatus (136186)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary F. flexuosus, F. acutus (128397 128444) F. flexuosus, F. acutus, F. angustoumbilicatus (128445) F. flexuosus, F. acutus, F. studeri (128442)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Romania F. sp. (170260)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria F. flexuosus (126955) Ptychites flexuosus, Ptychites acutus (136996)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Lombardy) F. acutus (44532) F. sp. (44528 44541 44543 44546 44550 44551 44555 44659 44660)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Bergamo) F. acutus (33395 211544 211565 211567 211568 211569 211572)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary F. acutus (182851 182852 182865 199578 199847 199872) F. acutus, F. angustoumbilicatus (199577 199583) F. angustoumbilicatus (199582 199818 199821 199825 199826 199827 199832) F. flexuosus (92046 182855 182866 199576 199586 199587 199598 199599 199812 199813 199815 199817 199819 199824 199833) F. flexuosus, F. acutus (182850 182863 199585 199591 199596 199823 199867 199876) F. flexuosus, F. acutus, F. angustoumbilicatus (199579 199581 199584 199597 199844 199864) F. flexuosus, F. angustoumbilicatus (182861 199588 199590 199595 199816 199822 199865) F. flexuosus, F. angustoumbilicatus, F. sp. (92047)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) F. angustoumbilicatus (211433) F. flexuosus (211432) F. flexuosus, F. acutus, F. angustoumbilicatus, F. studeri (211431)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) F. sp. (44642)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) F. acutus (43679) F. acutus, F. angustoumbilicatus (43677 199881 199883 199886 199887) F. angustoumbilicatus (44585 44586 44592 44593 44594 44596 199784 199788 199795 199801 199802 199807 199878) F. flexuosus (43670 199785 199877 199880) F. flexuosus, F. acutus (43676) F. flexuosus, F. acutus, F. angustoumbilicatus (43678 199879) F. flexuosus, F. angustoumbilicatus (43671 43672 44589 199789 199793 199803 199888)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany F. angustoumbilicatus (139767) F. sp. (139768)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland (Ticino) F. acutus (44683 44686 44687 44688 44690 44691)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Turkey F. flexuosus (143904 143954 143960 143961 143962 143964)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation F. bugunzhensis (99513 143991)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) F. acutus (211428) F. flexosus, F. gibbus, F. acutus (211429)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Austria (Innsbruck) Ptychites studeri (202276 202277 202279 202280)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian247.2 - 221.5Turkey (Anatolia) Ptychites flexuosus (204511 204518)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Tunisia (Jeffara) Ptychites flexuosus (44741)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Hungary F. flexosus, F. sp., F. acutus, F. angustoumbilicatus (92049)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Japan F. matsushimaensis (124316)