Arctoptychites Explained

Arctoptychites is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the ceratitid family Ptychitidae, and related to such genera as Ptychites and Aristoptychites; all from the Triassic.[1]

The Ptychitidae, to which Arctoptychites belongs, is a family of ceratitid ammonites (sensu lato) with ammonitic sutures and variably subglobular to compressed, ribbed or smooth, generally evolute shells.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=14037 Arctoptychites Paleodb
  2. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957),Mesozoic Ammonoidea p.L180.