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Cornaptychus (ammonoid aptychus)

Cephalopoda

Discussion

Aptychus

Taxonomy
Cornaptychus was named by Trauth (1927). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Arkell et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cornaptychus Trauth p. 189
1957Cornaptychus Arkell et al. p. L468

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
genusCornaptychusTrauth 1927

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.

G. †Cornaptychus Trauth 1927 [ammonoid aptychus]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Desmoinesian or 312.80000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Cornaptychus sp. (216619)