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Polyptychites brancoi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Olcostephanus brancoi was named by Neumayr and Uhlig (1881).

It was recombined as Polyptychites brancoi by Jeletzky and Kemper (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Olcostephanus brancoi Neumayr and Uhlig
1909Polyptychites karpinskii Koenen
1909Polyptychites schmidti Koenen
1909Polyptychites stillei Koenen
1988Polyptychites brancoi Jeletzky and Kemper p. 51 figs. 21a, 21b

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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
genusPolyptychitesPavlow 1892
speciesbrancoi(Neumayr and Uhlig 1881)

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.

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]
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
Collections
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