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Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Aristoptychites
Temporal range: Anisian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ceratitida
Family: †Ptychitidae
Genus: †Aristoptychites
Diener, 1916

Aristoptychites is an extinct genus of cephalopod from the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic belonging to the ammonoid subclass.

Shell involute, whorls strongly embraced, venter acutely rounded. Suture curved, subammonitic; more closely resembles that of Flexoptychites or Discoptychites than of other ptychitids.

References

  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • Aristoptychites Paleobiology Database, 6/8/12
Taxon identifiers
Aristoptychites


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