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Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras pseudogaultinum was named by Yokoyama (1890). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum by Howarth (1965) and Matsumoto (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. haradanum, P. mihoense, P. subquadratum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Ptychoceras pseudogaultinum Yokoyama p. 181 figs. pl. 20, fig. 1, 2
1965Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum Howarth p. 385
1984Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum Matsumoto p. 29

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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
speciespseudogaultinum(Yokoyama 1890)

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.

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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: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum (62209 62210 62211 62212 62214 62217 62331 62335 62930)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum (64595)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum (62232 62233 87024)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Angola Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum (88882 88883)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum (48008)