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Ptychites ✝
| Description | Ptychites is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the family Ptychitidae. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, from Anisian to Ladinian age. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptychites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ptychitidae : Ptychites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Ptychitidae : Ptychites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ptychites Mojsisovics, 1875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in Neumayr, Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 242 - 222 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ceratitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptychites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Pytchites Waagen, 1895 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ptychitidae : Pytchites |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1875 | Ptychites Mojsisovics |
| 1951 | Ptychites Spath p. 146 |
| 1969 | Ptychites McLearn p. 56 |
| 1981 | Ptychites Tozer p. 94 |
| 1994 | Ptychites Tozer p. 133 |
| 2002 | Ptychites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2018 | Ptychites Vörös p. 137 |
| 1875 | Ptychites Mojsisovics |
| 1882 | Ptychites von Mojsisovics |
| 1896 | Ptychites von Mojsisovics |
| 1951 | Ptychites Spath p. 146 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Ptychites Kummel |
| 1964 | Ptychites Bando |
| 1968 | Ptychites Nakazawa and Bando |
| 1969 | Ptychites McLearn p. 56 |
| 1973 | Ptychites Kota?ski |
| 1981 | Ptychites Tozer p. 94 |
| 1994 | Ptychites Tozer p. 133 |
| 2002 | Ptychites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2018 | Ptychites Vörös p. 137 |
| 2020 | Ptychites Bischof and Lehmann p. 832 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
