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Polyptychitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Polyptychitinae Wedekind p. 79
1952Polyptychitinae Wright
1957Polyptychitinae Imlay p. 275
1970Polyptychitinae Imlay and Jones p. B3
1979Polyptychitinae Kemper and Jeletzky p. 1
1988Polyptychitinae Jeletzky and Kemper p. 18
1996Polyptychitinae Wright et al. p. 29
2004Polyptychitinae Lukeneder p. 51
2006Polyptychitinae Alsen p. 79

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

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.

Subfm. †Polyptychitinae Wedekind 1918
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G. †Dichotomites Koenen 1909
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Subg. †Dichotomites (Dichotomites) Koenen 1909
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Invalid names: Amundiptychites chatangensis Golbert and Klimova 1983 [synonym], Amundiptychites sachsi Golbert and Klimova 1983 [synonym], Dichotomites (Dichotomites) involutus Burdykina 1983 [synonym], Dichotomites (Dichotomites) romani Kemper 1978 [synonym], Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) hollwedensis Kemper 1978 [synonym], Dichotomites mangyschlakensis Luppov 1983 [synonym], Dichotomites toryschensis Luppov 1983 [synonym], Polyptychites frechi Koenen 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites tardescissus Koenen 1902 [synonym], Polyptychites terscissus Koenen 1902 [synonym], Ringnesiceras (Elleficeras) ellefense Kemper and Jeletzky 1979 [synonym]
Subg. †Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) Kemper 1971
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†Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) amundensis Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
†Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) ellefensis Kemper and Jeletzky 1979
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Invalid names: Neocraspedites speetonensis Spath 1924 [synonym], Polyptychites gradatus Koenen 1902 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Polyptychites ramulosus Koenen 1902 [synonym]
†Prodichotomites glaber Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Prodichotomites grotriani Neumayr and Uhlig 1881
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Invalid names: Olcostephanus obsoletecostatus Neumayr and Uhlig 1881 [synonym]
†Prodichotomites ivanovi Aristov 1974
†Prodichotomites pfaffi Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
†Prodichotomites robustus Jeletzky and Kemper 1988
Invalid names: Ringnesiceras Kemper and Jeletzky 1979 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ringnesiceras (Elleficeras) Kemper and Jeletzky 1979 [synonym]
G. †Hertleinites Imlay 1958
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†Hertleinites aguila Anderson 1938
†Hertleinites pecki Imlay 1960
Invalid names: Hertleinia Imlay 1957 [replaced]
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
G. †Wellsia Imlay 1957
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†Wellsia packardi Anderson 1938
†Wellsia vigorosa Imlay 1960
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 Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 140.20000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (167 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Canada (Yukon) Polyptychites keyserlingi (55938)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Polyptychites sp. (55848)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Polyptychites sp., Euryptychites sp. (95087)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Dichotomites krausei (83686) Dichotomites sp., Polyptychites sp. (62527) Polyptychites conferticosta (83705) Polyptychites keyserlingi (83677 83707) Polyptychites keyserlingi, Polyptychites michalskii, Polyptychites plenus, Polyptychites robertsi, Polyptychites rectangulatus, Polyptychites stubendorffi, Polyptychites astieriptychus (83742) Polyptychites pateraeformis (83683) Polyptychites rectangulatus (83684) Polyptychites rectangulatus, Polyptychites sp. (83706) Polyptychites sp. (62562 62640 83673 83674 83675) Polyptychites sp., Polyptychites keyserlingi (83676)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Astieriptychites sp. (65744) Dichotomites sp., Polyptychites michalskii, Astieriptychites sp., Neopolyptychites sp. (65748) 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) Polyptychites beani (189599 189660) Polyptychites orbitaeformis, Euryptychites sp., Polyptychites plenus, Astieriptychites tenuiptychus (65452) Polyptychites polyptychus, Siberites rectangulatus, Polyptychites beani (189661) Polyptychites sp. (189600 189601 189602 189639) Polyptychites sp., Polyptychites keyserlingi (68923) Siberites ascendens (189598) Siberites ramulicosta (189635 189636) Siberites rectangulatus, Siberites ramulicosta (189638 189655 189656 189658)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Canada (British Columbia) Dichotomites giganteus (87392)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Euryptychites stubendorffi (64295)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Polyptychites sp. (192517 192518)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Amundiptychites sverdrupi (87533) Astieriptychites obsoletus (87550) Astieriptychites sp. (87549) Astieriptychites sp. A, Siberiptychites stubendorffi (87538) Polyptychites keyserlingi, Polyptychites hapkei, Polyptychites tschekanovskii, Polyptychites canadensis, Siberiptychites stubbendorgi (87526) Polyptychites tschekanovskii, Polyptychites balkwilli (87532) Ringnesiceras amundense (87554) 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)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Dichotomites sp., Polyptychites polyptychus (65751) Dichotomites tridichotomus, Dichotomites tener, Dichotomites terscisseformis, Dichotomites tardescissus, Polyptychites polyptychus, Dichotomites polytomus, Dichotomites involutus (65459) Polyptychites bidichotomoides (189667) Polyptychites bidichotomus (189666) Polyptychites polyptychus, Polyptychites beani, Polyptychites triplodiptychus, Polyptychites bidichotomus (189662) Polyptychites polyptychus, Polyptychites bidichotomoides, Polyptychites bidichotomus (189644 189664) Polyptychites polyptychus, Polyptychites triplodiptychus, Polyptychites bidichotomoides, Polyptychites bidichotomus (189663) Polyptychites polyptychus, Polyptychites triplodiptychus, Polyptychites bidichotomus (189643) Polyptychites sp. (189645 189646 189647 189665 189671)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Dichotomites sp. (83687) Polyptychites fasciatus, Dichotomites bidichotomites, Dichotomites sp., Dichotomites crassus (83708) Polyptychites keyserlingi, Polyptychites robertsi, Polyptychites rectangulatus, Polyptychites stubendorffi (83717) Polyptychites sp. 3, Polyptychites sp. 2, Polyptychites sp. 1, Polyptychites studendorffi, Polyptychites traillensis, Polyptychites laevis, Polyptychites molsbergensis (83715)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Amundiptychites fasciatus (87555) Amundiptychites sverdrupi (87529) Amundiptychites thorsteinsoni, Amundiptychites sverdrupi, Amundiptychites fasciatus, Ringnesiceras amundense (87552) Polyptychites canadensis, Polyptychites balkwilli (87528) Polyptychites sp. A (87531) Prodichotomites hollwedensis (87527) Ringnesiceras ellefense, Ringnesiceras pseudopolyptychum (87557) Ringnesiceras pseudopolyptychum (87558) Ringnesiceras sp., Ringnesiceras ellefense (87556) Ringnesiceras tozeri (87530 87560) Siberiptychites stubendorffi, Siberiptychites middendorffi (87551)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Dichotomites evolutus, Dichotomites krausei, Prodichotomites complanatus (192529) Dichotomites evolutus, Dichotomites triptychoides, Prodichotomites complanatus (192530) Dichotomites evolutus, Prodichotomites complanatus (192527 192528) Dichotomites triptychoides, Dichotomites evolutus, Prodichotomites complanatus (192531 192532 192533) Hollwediceras sphaericus, Prodichotomites complanatus (192523) Prodichotomites complanatus (192524 192525 192526)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Austria Prodichotomites sp. (64831)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian140.2 - 130.0Russian Federation Dichotomites triptychoides (65463)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Polyptychites ovatus, Euryptychites gravesiformis, Polyptychites tschekanovskii, Polyptychites ramulicosta, Polyptychites tscherskii, Polyptychites hoeli (211955) Polyptychites petschorensis, Polyptychites perovalis, Polyptychites bidichotomus (211954) Polyptychites petschorensis, Polyptychites sp., Polyptychites ramulicosta, Polyptychites perovalis, Polyptychites hoeli (212036) Polyptychites sp. (211837 212035) Polyptychites sp., Polyptychites confericosta (212947) Polyptychites spp., Polyptychites sp., Polyptychites infundibulum (212808)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Euryptychites sp., Polyptychites conferticosta, Astieriptychites astieriptychus, Astieriptychites astieriformis, Polyptychites keyserlingi (2487)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Polyptychites canadensis (87559)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (Oregon) Polyptychites trichotomus (225877)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Canada (British Columbia) Polyptychites keyserlingi (87407)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation Dichotomites tardescissus, Euryptychites sp., Polyptychites michalskii, Polyptychites plenus, Polyptychites rectangulatus, Astieriptychites tenuiptychus (65458) Polyptychites expansus (2531) Polyptychites keyserlingi (2514) Polyptychites michalskii, Polyptychites keyserlingi (2526)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Greenland Dichotomites petschorensis (83712) Polyptychites euomphalus (83713) Polyptychites keyserlingi, Polyptychites ramulicosta, Polyptychites michalskii, Polyptychites ascendens, Polyptychites tuberculatus, Polyptychites conferticosta, Polyptychites plenus, Polyptychites rawsoni, Polyptychites rectangulatus, Polyptychites stubendorffi, Polyptychites astieriptychus (83741)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland Dichotomites biscissus, Polyptychites petschorensis, Polyptychites ramulicostatus, Polyptychites keysserlingi, Polyptychites sp., Polyptychites michalskii, Polyptychites ascendens, Polyptychites latissimus, Polyptychites gravidus, Polyptychites scalarinus, Polyptychites gradatus (2097) Polyptychites nucleus, Craspedites complanatus (2081)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Mexico (Durango) Polyptychites sp. (87612)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (California) Polyptychites sp. (83604 224794 224811) Polyptychites trichotomus (83594)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Canada (British Columbia) Homolsomites packardi (57080)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (Oregon) Dichotomites sp. (45687) Wellsia packardi (45688 83579 157773) Wellsia vigorosa, Wellsia packardi (45673)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Polyptychites virgifer, Polyptychites villersensis (96668)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Mexico (Coahuila) Dichotomites multicostatus (2145)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (California) Hertleinites aguila (83587 83588 83602 83607) Neocraspedites aguila (194158) Neocraspedites aguila, Hertleinites pecki (83598) Neocraspedites aguila, Neocraspedites rectoris (83590)
Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.9 - 125.45USA (California) Neocraspedites aguila (216291 216293 216296)