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Flexoptychites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ceratitina
Superfamily:
Ptychitaceae
Family:
Ptychitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Flexoptychites SPATH, 1951
Type Species:
Ptychites flexuosus MOJSISOVICS, 1882
Images
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Fig. 211,6. OF. ~f/exuosus (MoJs.), Anis., Alps- Balkan; 6a,b, X0.5; 6c, X0.5 (293°)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps-Balkan-Himalaya
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.(Anis.)
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M. Trias.{Ladin.)
Ending International Stage:
Ladinian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
237
Description
Like Ptychites but more com- pressed and with flexuous folds or ribs
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ceratitina
Superfamily:
Ptychitaceae
Family:
Ptychitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Flexoptychites SPATH, 1951
Type Species:
Ptychites flexuosus MOJSISOVICS, 1882
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 211,6. OF. ~f/exuosus (MoJs.), Anis., Alps- Balkan; 6a,b, X0.5; 6c, X0.5 (293°)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps-Balkan-Himalaya
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.(Anis.)
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M. Trias.{Ladin.)
Ending International Stage:
Ladinian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
237
Description
Like Ptychites but more com- pressed and with flexuous folds or ribs