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Polyptychites (Astieriptychites) astieriptychus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Astieriptychites astieriptychus was named by Voronetz (1958). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Euryptychites (Euryptychites) astieriptychus by Bogomolov (1989); it was recombined as Polyptychites (Astieriptychites) astieriptychus by Alsen (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. confericosta, P. keysserlingi, P. ovatus, P. petschorensis, P. virgifer

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Astieriptychites astieriptychus Voronetz
1960Astieriptychites astieriptychus Bodylevsky
1960Astieriptychites tenuiptychus Bodylevsky
1968Euryptychites splendens Bodylevsky
1971Astieriptychites sphaericiformis Gordeev
1989Euryptychites (Euryptychites) astieriptychus Bogomolov p. 41 figs. Pl 12, fig 2; pls 13-17
2006Polyptychites (Astieriptychites) astieriptychus Alsen p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusPolyptychitesPavlow 1892
subgenusAstieriptychites(Bodylevsky 1960)
speciesastieriptychus(Voronetz 1958)

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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Invalid names: Astieriptychites sphaericiformis Gordeev 1971 [synonym], Astieriptychites tenuiptychus Bodylevsky 1960 [synonym], Euryptychites splendens Bodylevsky 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height322.220.025.022.02.52
shell diameter365.661.070.066.04.51
shell inflation320.916.825.121.84.18

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 139.80000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Astieriptychites tenuiptychus (65452) Euryptychites astieriptychus (189438 189592 189593 189594 189595 189596 189614 189615 189616 189619 189629 189630 189631 189632 189633 189634)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Polyptychites astieriptychus (83742)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Astieriptychites astieriptychus (2487)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation Astieriptychites tenuiptychus (65458)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Greenland Polyptychites astieriptychus (83741)