Oecoptychius
Temporal range: Bajocian–Callovian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Haploceratoidea
Family:
Strigoceratidae
Genus:
Oecoptychius

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

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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
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