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Ptychoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceratidae was named by Meek (1876). Its type is Ptychoceras.

It was reranked as the subfamily Ptychoceratinae by Förster (1975).

It was assigned to Hamitaceae by Wright (1952); to Ammonoidea by Kemper (1964); to Baculitidae by Förster (1975); to Ancylocerataceae by Reboulet (1996) and Landra et al. (2000); to Turrilitaceae by Szives (2007); and to Ancyloceratoidea by Henderson (1990) and Bersac and Bert (2019).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ptychoceratidae Meek
1952Ptychoceratidae Wright
1964Ptychoceratidae Kemper p. 38
1975Ptychoceratinae Förster p. 163
1990Ptychoceratidae Henderson p. 125
1996Ptychoceratidae Reboulet p. 180
2000Ptychoceratidae Landra et al. p. 38
2007Ptychoceratidae Szives p. 58
2019Ptychoceratidae Bersac and Bert

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyPtychoceratidaeMeek 1876
familyPtychoceratidaeMeek 1876

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.

Fm. †Ptychoceratidae Meek 1876
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G. †Diptychoceras Gabb 1869
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Diptychoceras iwatense Obata and Matsukawa 2018
G. †Inaptychoceras Matsukawa 2021
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Inaptychoceras koikei Matsukawa 2021
G. †Ptychoceras d'Orbigny 1842
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Ptychoceras adpressum Sowerby 1814
Ptychoceras emericianum d'Orbigny 1842
Ptychoceras fauncei Haas 1942
Ptychoceras laeve Matheron 1842
Ptychoceras laeve Gabb 1869
Ptychoceras natrice Anderson 1938
Ptychoceras poni Simionescu 1898
Ptychoceras puzosianum d'Orbigny 1842
Ptychoceras quadratus Gabb 1864
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: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 136.40000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Diptychoceras mazapilense (87608)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Hungary Ptychoceras biassalense (61566)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Provence) Ptychoceras ptychoceroides (56055)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Colombia Ptychoceras humboldtianum (97673)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Czech Republic Ptychoceras sp. (69129)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Italy Ptychoceras puzosianum (71828)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45USA (California) Ptychoceras natrice (225526)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Murcia) Ptychoceras puziosianum (2323) Ptychoceras puzosianum (2325)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Italy Ptychoceras sp. (82834) Ptychoceras sp., Ptychoceras poni (82831)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46France Ptychoceras emericianum (228368 228369 228370 228371)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Georgia Ptychoceras sp. (2116)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Colombia Ptychoceras puzosianum (69069)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Argentina Ptychoceras sp. (63996)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Madagascar Ptychoceras puzosi (83998)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03USA (California) Diptychoceras laeve (216323 216327 216330 216331 216341 216342 216351 216352 216353 216355 216356 216358)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Japan (Nagano) Diptychoceras iwatense, Inaptychoceras koikei (220847)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Russian Federation Ptychoceras sp. (65755)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Hungary Ptychoceras laeve (226273)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Germany Ptychoceratidae indet. (64189)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (California) Diptychoceras laeve (216368 216370)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France Ptychoceras gaultinus (2166)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Diptychoceras laeve (225529)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Ptychoceras glaber (87478 87479 87490)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France Ptychoceras laeve (56561) Ptychoceras sp. (58940)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Alaska) Ptychoceras laeve (38478 38501 38502 38503 38504 38505 38506 38507 38508 38509 38510 38511 38517 88058 88626)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (California) Diptychoceras laevis (122334)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (British Columbia) Ptychoceras glaber (87714 87720)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Antarctica Ptychoceras sp. (83366 83560)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Ptychoceras fauncei (83840)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Northern Territory) Ptychoceras adpressum (70245)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Zacatecas) Ptychoceras gracillimum, Diptychoceras mazapilense (87607)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Ptychoceras sp. (83390)