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]

Arctoptychites
Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Ptychitidae
Genus: Arctoptychites
Archipov et al. 1974

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]

References edit

  1. ^ Arctoptychites Paleodb
  2. ^ Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957),Mesozoic Ammonoidea p.L180.