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Discoptychites seebachi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sturiidae

Taxonomy
Ptychites seebachi was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schreyeralm (Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Schreyeralm Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Discoptychites seebachi by Fantini Sestini (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. domatus, D. suttneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ptychites seebachi von Mojsisovics
1896Ptychites seebachi Arthaber p. 95
1988Discoptychites seebachi Fantini Sestini p. 64

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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
speciesseebachi()

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.

†Discoptychites seebachi von Mojsisovics 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available