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Discoptychites megalodiscus
Taxonomy
Ammonites megalodiscus was named by Beyrich (1867).
It was recombined as Amaltheus megalodiscus by von Mojsisovics (1869); it was recombined as Ptychites megalodiscus by von Mojsisovics (1882), Arthaber (1896) and Arthaber (1915); it was recombined as Discoptychites megalodiscus by Kummel (1960), Skwarko (1973), Monnet and Bucher (2005), Vörös (2010), Vörös (2018) and Vörös et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Amaltheus megalodiscus by von Mojsisovics (1869); it was recombined as Ptychites megalodiscus by von Mojsisovics (1882), Arthaber (1896) and Arthaber (1915); it was recombined as Discoptychites megalodiscus by Kummel (1960), Skwarko (1973), Monnet and Bucher (2005), Vörös (2010), Vörös (2018) and Vörös et al. (2022).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1867 | Ammonites megalodiscus Beyrich p. 135 figs. Pl. 2 |
| 1869 | Amaltheus megalodiscus von Mojsisovics |
| 1882 | Ptychites megalodiscus von Mojsisovics |
| 1896 | Ptychites megalodiscus Arthaber p. 96 |
| 1915 | Ptychites megalodiscus Arthaber |
| 1960 | Discoptychites megalodiscus Kummel |
| 1973 | Discoptychites megalodiscus Skwarko p. 44 figs. Pl 21, fig 1; pl 22, figs 1,2; pl 26, fig 1; text-fig 5 |
| 2005 | Discoptychites megalodiscus Monnet and Bucher p. 48 |
| 2010 | Discoptychites megalodiscus Vörös p. 10 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 3 |
| 2018 | Discoptychites megalodiscus Vörös p. 134 fig. 82 |
| 2022 | Discoptychites megalodiscus Vörös et al. p. 710 figs. Pl 3, fig 1 |
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†Discoptychites megalodiscus Beyrich 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available