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Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

It was recombined as Hoplitoides wohltmanni by Solger (1904), Reyment (1955), Reyment (1958), Cobban and Hook (1980) and Renz (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Neoptychites (Hoplites) lentiformis von Koenen p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,4,7
1897Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni von Koenen p. 12 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; pl 2, figs 3,9
1904Hoplitoides wohltmanni Solger p. 133 figs. Pl 5, fig 7; text-figs 24-27
1955Hoplitoides wohltmanni Reyment p. 78 figs. Pl 18, fig 3; text-fig 36
1958Hoplitoides wohltmanni Reyment p. 62
1980Hoplitoides wohltmanni Cobban and Hook p. 7 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4; text-figs 4,5
1982Hoplitoides wohltmanni Renz p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilyHoplitinaeDouvillé 1890
genusNeoptychites
subgenusHoplites
specieswohltmanni

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.

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Diagnosis
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