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Discoptychites dux

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sturiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites dux was named by Giebel (1853).

It was recombined as Discoptychites dux by Siegel et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Ammonites dux Giebel
1882Ptychites suttneri von Mojsisovics
1896Ptychites suttneri Arthaber p. 96
1902Ptychites beyrichii Fritsch
2022Discoptychites dux Siegel et al. p. 351 figs. 22-24

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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
speciesdux(Giebel 1853)

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 dux Giebel 1853
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Invalid names: Ptychites beyrichii Fritsch 1902 [synonym], Ptychites suttneri von Mojsisovics 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available