Aristoptychites

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

Aristoptychites
Temporal range: Anisian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Ptychitaceae
Family:
Ptychitidae
Genus:
Aristoptychites

Diener, 1916

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


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