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Holcoptychites neuquensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychites neuquensis was named by Douvillé (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Negro de Covunco (Recopé collection), which is in a Hauterivian transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone/limestone in the Agrio Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Holcoptychites neuquensis by Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Polyptychites neuquensis Douvillé p. 10 figs. Pl 2, figs 2
2003Holcoptychites neuquensis Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyHolcodiscidaeSpath 1924
subfamilySpitidiscinaeVermeulen and Thieuloy 1999
genusHolcoptychites
speciesneuquensis(Douvillé 1910)

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.

†Holcoptychites neuquensis Douvillé 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available