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Punctaptychus (ammonoid aptychus)

Cephalopoda

Discussion

Aptychus

Taxonomy
Punctaptychus was named by Trauth (1927). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Aptychus punctatus.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Punctaptychus Trauth
1957Punctaptychus Arkell et al. p. L469

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
genusPunctaptychusTrauth 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. †Punctaptychus Trauth 1927 [ammonoid aptychus]
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Punctaptychus punctatus Voltz 1837 [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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 201.40000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Italy (Trento) Aptychus punctatus (232107)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar Aptychus punctatus (98167)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Azerbaijan Punctaptychus punctatus (130886)