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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


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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



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