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Polyptychites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Olcostephanus (Polyptychites) Pavlow figs. pl. 8, figs. 10
1892Polyptychites Pavlow
1895Olcostephanus (Polyptychites) Stanton p. 78
1960Polyptychites Imlay p. 204
1970Polyptychites Imlay and Jones p. B3
1979Polyptychites Kemper and Jeletzky p. 1
1988Polyptychites Jeletzky and Kemper p. 44
1989Polyptychites Bogomolov p. 51
2002Polyptychites Sepkoski
2006Polyptychites Alsen p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusPolyptychitesPavlow 1892

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. †Polyptychites Pavlow 1892
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Subg. †Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
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†Amundiptychites thorsteinssoni Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) fasciatus Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Polyptychites (Amundiptychites) sverdrupi Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
Invalid names: Hollwediceras Jeletzky and Kemper 1988 [synonym]
Subg. †Polyptychites (Astieriptychites) Bodylevsky 1960
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†Astieriptychites obsoletus Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
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Invalid names: Astieriptychites sphaericiformis Gordeev 1971 [synonym], Astieriptychites tenuiptychus Bodylevsky 1960 [synonym], Euryptychites splendens Bodylevsky 1968 [synonym]
Subg. †Polyptychites (Euryptychites) Pavlow 1914
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Subg. †Euryptychites (Euryptychites) Pavlow 1914
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Invalid names: Polyptychites gravidus Koenen 1909 [synonym]
†Polyptychites (Euryptychites) latissimus Neumayr and Uhlig 1881
Invalid names: Bodylevskites [synonym], Neopolyptychites Shulgina 1983 [synonym], Paratollia Casey 1973 [synonym]
Subg. †Polyptychites (Polyptychites) Pavlow 1892
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Invalid names: Polyptychites asper Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites denticulatus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites depressus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites lahuseni Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites lessingi Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites obtusus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites stolleyi Koenen 1909 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Polyptychites arcuatus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites bullatus Koenen 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites coronula Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites costellatus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites inflatus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites infundibulum Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites pyritosus Spath 1924 [synonym], Polyptychites robustus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites salchowi Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites scalarinus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites solidus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites subgravesi Spath 1924 [synonym], Polyptychites tschernyscheffi Koenen 1909 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Olcostephanus expansus Bogoslovsky 1902 [synonym], Olcostephanus lejanus Bogoslovsky 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites acuticosta Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites kokeni Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites laticosta Koenen 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites marginatus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites praelatus Koenen 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites pseudopolyptychoides Shulgina 1983 [synonym], Polyptychites rinnei Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites senilis Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites sphaeroidalis Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites spinulosus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites suessi Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites tschekanovskii Pavlov 1914 [synonym], Ringnesiceras (Ringnesiceras) pseudopolyptychum Kemper and Jeletzky 1979 [synonym], Ringnesiceras (Ringnesiceras) tozeri Kemper and Jeletzky 1979 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Polyptychites densicosta Pavlov 1914 [synonym]
Subg. †Polyptychites (Siberiptychites) Kemper and Jeletzky 1977
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Invalid names: Polyptychites tscherskii Pavlov 1914 [synonym]
Subg. †Siberiptychites (Siberiptychites) Kemper and Jeletzky 1977
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†Polyptychites balkwilli Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Polyptychites brancoi Neumayr and Uhlig 1881
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Invalid names: Polyptychites karpinskii Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites schmidti Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites stillei Koenen 1909 [synonym]
†Polyptychites canadensis Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
†Polyptychites clarkei Koenen 1909
†Polyptychites hapkei Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Polyptychites hesperius Anderson 1938
†Polyptychites hoeli Frebold 1929
†Polyptychites lamplughi Pavlow 1892
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Invalid names: Polyptychites compositus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites kittli Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites longelobatus Koenen 1909 [synonym], Polyptychites plicatilis Koenen 1909 [synonym]
†Polyptychites orbitatus Koenen 1902
†Polyptychites pavlowi Koenen 1902
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Invalid names: Polyptychites euomphalus Koenen 1902 [synonym]
†Polyptychites saxonicus Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Polyptychites tethyale Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Polyptychites traski Gabb 1864
†Polyptychites trichotomus Stanton 1895
†Polyptychites villersensis Baumberger 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height12117.810.049.017.06.80
shell diameter12146.726.0139.045.817.2
shell inflation12114.16.5036.113.85.34

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 Berriasian to the top of the Hauterivian or 139.10000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (124 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (55848)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Canada (Yukon) P. keyserlingi (55938)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Germany P. sp., Euryptychites sp. (95087)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) P. sp. (192517 192518)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Astieriptychites sp. (65744) Euryptychites astieriptychus (189438 189592 189593 189594 189595 189615 189616 189619 189629 189631 189633) Euryptychites astieriptychus, Siberites ascendens, Siberites ramulicosta (189596) Euryptychites astieriptychus, Siberites ramulicosta (189632) Euryptychites sp. (65443 189654) Euryptychites sp., Euryptychites astieriptychus, Siberites ramulicosta (189634) Euryptychites sp., Siberites rectangulatus (189642) Euryptychites stubendorffi (189436 189437 189609 189611 189612 189626 189627 189628) Euryptychites stubendorffi, Euryptychites astieriptychus (189614 189630) P. beani (189599 189660) P. michalskii, Astieriptychites sp., Neopolyptychites sp. (65748) P. orbitaeformis, Euryptychites sp., P. plenus, Astieriptychites tenuiptychus (65452) P. polyptychus, Siberites rectangulatus, P. beani (189661) P. sp. (189600 189601 189602 189639) P. sp., P. keyserlingi (68923) Siberites ascendens (189598) Siberites ramulicosta (189635 189636) Siberites rectangulatus, Siberites ramulicosta (189638 189655 189656 189658)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Euryptychites stubendorffi (64295)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Amundiptychites sverdrupi (87533) Astieriptychites obsoletus (87550) Astieriptychites sp. (87549) Astieriptychites sp. A, Siberiptychites stubendorffi (87538) P. keyserlingi, P. hapkei, P. tschekanovskii, P. canadensis, Siberiptychites stubbendorgi (87526) P. tschekanovskii, P. balkwilli (87532) Siberiptychites fascicostatus (87525) Siberiptychites middenforffi, Siberiptychites stubendorffi (87537) Siberiptychites pateraeformis (87535) Siberiptychites sp. B, Siberiptychites stubendorffi, Siberiptychites middendorffi (87536) Siberiptychites stubbendorgi, Siberiptychites fascicostatus, Siberiptychites middendorfi (87423) Siberiptychites stubendorffi (87534) Siberiptychites stubendorffi, Siberiptychites sp. A (87553)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland P. conferticosta (83705) P. keyserlingi (83677 83707) P. keyserlingi, P. michalskii, P. plenus, P. robertsi, P. rectangulatus, P. stubendorffi, P. astieriptychus (83742) P. pateraeformis (83683) P. rectangulatus (83684) P. rectangulatus, P. sp. (83706) P. sp. (62527 62562 62640 83673 83674 83675) P. sp., P. keyserlingi (83676)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation P. polyptychus (65459 65751 189644 189664) P. polyptychus, P. beani, P. triplodiptychus (189662) P. polyptychus, P. triplodiptychus (189643 189663)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Hollwediceras sphaericus (192523)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland P. fasciatus (83708) P. keyserlingi, P. robertsi, P. rectangulatus, P. stubendorffi (83717) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. sp. 3, P. studendorffi, P. traillensis, P. laevis, P. molsbergensis (83715)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Amundiptychites fasciatus (87555) Amundiptychites sverdrupi (87529) Amundiptychites thorsteinsoni, Amundiptychites sverdrupi, Amundiptychites fasciatus (87552) P. canadensis, P. balkwilli (87528) P. sp. A (87531) Ringnesiceras pseudopolyptychum (87557 87558) Ringnesiceras tozeri (87530 87560) Siberiptychites stubendorffi, Siberiptychites middendorffi (87551)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Euryptychites sp., P. conferticosta, Astieriptychites astieriptychus, Astieriptychites astieriformis, P. keyserlingi (2487)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Euryptychites sp., P. michalskii, P. plenus, P. rectangulatus, Astieriptychites tenuiptychus (65458) P. expansus (2531) P. keyserlingi (2514) P. michalskii, P. keyserlingi (2526)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (Northwest Territories) P. canadensis (87559)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland P. euomphalus (83713) P. keyserlingi, P. ramulicosta, P. michalskii, P. ascendens, P. tuberculatus, P. conferticosta, P. plenus, P. rawsoni, P. rectangulatus, P. stubendorffi, P. astieriptychus (83741)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (Oregon) P. trichotomus (225877)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. ovatus, Euryptychites gravesiformis, P. tschekanovskii, P. ramulicosta, P. tscherskii, P. hoeli (211955) P. petschorensis (211954) P. petschorensis, P. sp., P. ramulicosta, P. hoeli (212036) P. sp. (211837 212035) P. sp., P. confericosta (212947) P. spp., P. sp., P. infundibulum (212808)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (British Columbia) P. keyserlingi (87407)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Mexico (Durango) P. sp. (87612)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland P. nucleus (2081) P. petschorensis, P. ramulicostatus, P. keysserlingi, P. sp., P. michalskii, P. ascendens, P. latissimus, P. gravidus, P. scalarinus (2097)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (California) P. sp. (83604 224794 224811) P. trichotomus (83594)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France P. virgifer, P. villersensis (96668)