TAXONOMY,STRATIGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW GENUS <em>LANCEOPTYCHITES</em> (AMMONOIDEA, ANISIAN)
For the first time a population analysis of compressed Ptychitidae (Ammonoidea) bed-by-bed collected from Prezzo Limestone (Upper Anisian, Southern Alps) is performed. The analysis allows to demonstrate that within some populations of compressed ptychitids during the growth the venter may become sub...
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doaj-e7a9066f414b4fd7a3c07cdeb540d90d2020-11-24T21:11:58ZengUniversità degli Studi di MilanoRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia0035-68832039-49421998-07-01104210.13130/2039-4942/53284646TAXONOMY,STRATIGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW GENUS <em>LANCEOPTYCHITES</em> (AMMONOIDEA, ANISIAN)MARCO BALINIFor the first time a population analysis of compressed Ptychitidae (Ammonoidea) bed-by-bed collected from Prezzo Limestone (Upper Anisian, Southern Alps) is performed. The analysis allows to demonstrate that within some populations of compressed ptychitids during the growth the venter may become subacute/fastigate and the section lanceolate. This modification is not due to growth anomalies, as sometimes believed in literature, but is a normal ontogenetic development. The ammonoids with this peculiar ontogeny are moved from the genus Flexoptychites, that groups the compressed ptychitids with rounded venter, into the new genus Lanceoptychites. The new genus is a secondary descendent of Flexoptychites and comprises 4 species: L. velox (type) sp. n., L. styx sp. n., L. indistinctus (Mojsisovics) and L. charlyanus (Diener). L. styx and its peramorphic descendant L. velox are stratophenetic species. They are described from the Prezzo Limestone, where they are confined to the middle part of the Paraceratites trinodosus zone (Illyrian). No bed-by-bed information is available for L. indistinctus (Mojsisovics) and L. charlyanus (Diener). These morphospecies are revised on the basis of the type material.https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5328 |
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TAXONOMY,STRATIGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW GENUS <em>LANCEOPTYCHITES</em> (AMMONOIDEA, ANISIAN) |
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TAXONOMY,STRATIGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW GENUS <em>LANCEOPTYCHITES</em> (AMMONOIDEA, ANISIAN) |
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TAXONOMY,STRATIGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW GENUS <em>LANCEOPTYCHITES</em> (AMMONOIDEA, ANISIAN) |
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TAXONOMY,STRATIGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW GENUS <em>LANCEOPTYCHITES</em> (AMMONOIDEA, ANISIAN) |
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TAXONOMY,STRATIGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW GENUS <em>LANCEOPTYCHITES</em> (AMMONOIDEA, ANISIAN) |
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taxonomy,stratigraphy and phylogeny of the new genus <em>lanceoptychites</em> (ammonoidea, anisian) |
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Università degli Studi di Milano |
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Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |
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1998-07-01 |
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For the first time a population analysis of compressed Ptychitidae (Ammonoidea) bed-by-bed collected from Prezzo Limestone (Upper Anisian, Southern Alps) is performed. The analysis allows to demonstrate that within some populations of compressed ptychitids during the growth the venter may become subacute/fastigate and the section lanceolate. This modification is not due to growth anomalies, as sometimes believed in literature, but is a normal ontogenetic development. The ammonoids with this peculiar ontogeny are moved from the genus Flexoptychites, that groups the compressed ptychitids with rounded venter, into the new genus Lanceoptychites. The new genus is a secondary descendent of Flexoptychites and comprises 4 species: L. velox (type) sp. n., L. styx sp. n., L. indistinctus (Mojsisovics) and L. charlyanus (Diener). L. styx and its peramorphic descendant L. velox are stratophenetic species. They are described from the Prezzo Limestone, where they are confined to the middle part of the Paraceratites trinodosus zone (Illyrian). No bed-by-bed information is available for L. indistinctus (Mojsisovics) and L. charlyanus (Diener). These morphospecies are revised on the basis of the type material. |
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