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Ptychites nipponicus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites nipponicus was named by Bando (1964). Its type specimen is IGPS 76542 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hamada, Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture (reitzi zone), which is in a Fassanian marine shale in the Rifu Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Ptychites nipponicus Bando p. 100 figs. Pl 11, fig 1; pl 12, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyPtychitidae()
genusPtychitesMojsisovics 1875
speciesnipponicus

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Ptychites nipponicus Bando 1964
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Diagnosis
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