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Proptychites simplex

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites simplex was named by Spath (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch, Stensiö Plateau, locality 300, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Wordie Creek Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. rosenkrantzei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Proptychites simplex Spath p. 65 figs. Pl 9, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusProptychites
speciessimplex

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.

†Proptychites simplex Spath 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available