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Polyptychoceras (Polyptychoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Polyptychoceras (Polyptychoceras) Yabe
1999Polyptychoceras (Polyptychoceras) Kennedy and Summesberger 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
subgenusPolyptychocerasYabe 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.

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Invalid names: Hamites berkelis Schluter 1876 [synonym]
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 Early/Lower Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Argentina Polyptychoceras sp. (66644)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Antarctica Polyptychoceras obstrictum (83371 83372 83373)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Polyptychoceras sp. (62214 62215 62216 62217)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) Polyptychoceras obstrictum (86954)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan (Hokkaido) Polyptychoceras obstrictum (94682)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan Polyptychoceras obatai (62236) Polyptychoceras sp. (62232 62233 62237 62239)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Polyptychoceras obliquecostatum (48008)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Diplomoceras obstrictum (64608)