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Polyptychoceras (Subptychoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Subptychoceras was named by Shimizu (1935).

It was reranked as Polyptychoceras (Subptychoceras) by Wright et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Shimizu (1935); and to Polyptychoceras by Wright et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Subptychoceras Shimizu
1996Polyptychoceras (Subptychoceras) Wright et al. p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyPolyptychoceratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusPolyptychocerasYabe 1927
subgenusSubptychoceras()

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.

Subg. †Polyptychoceras (Subptychoceras) Shimizu 1935
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Polyptychoceras sp. (62210)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan (Sapporo) Polyptychoceras yubarense (98848)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Subptychoceras yubarense (64597)