Oecoptychius

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Oecoptychius
Temporal range: Bajocian–Callovian [1]
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Oecoptychius

Oecoptychius is an extinct genus of fossil ammonite cephalopods. The species lived during the Middle Jurassic. [1]

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Taxonomic position

Oecophtychius was named by Neumayr[ who? ] in 1878. It is placed into Oecoptychitidae, a family of dwarf ammonites established by Arkell[ who? ], 1957, that is a part of the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea.[ citation needed ]

Diagnosis

Oecoptychius is an eccentrically coiled, dwarf ammonite. Inner whorls smooth, spheroidal; outer whorls with fine biplicate ribbing, ventral groove, and an acute elbow at half a whorl before the aperture; peristome contracted, with outwardly directed lappets.[ citation needed ]

Distribution

Fossils of the Oecophtychius species have been found in Jurassic sediments of France, Germany and Madagascar. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Fossilworks.org - Oecoptychius" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.