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Spinaptychus (ammonoid aptychus)

Cephalopoda

Discussion

Aptychus

Taxonomy
Spinaptychus 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).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Spinaptychus Trauth pp. 200, 220
1957Spinaptychus Arkell et al. p. L469

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
genusSpinaptychusTrauth 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. †Spinaptychus Trauth 1927 [ammonoid aptychus]
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Spinaptychus spinosus Cox 1926 [ammonoid aptychus]
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: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) Spinaptychus sternbergi (216532 216534 216535)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Mississippi) Spinaptychus sp. (3584)