Arctoptychites
| Arctoptychites Temporal range: Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Family: | Ptychitidae |
| Genus: | Arctoptychites Archipov et al. 1974 |
Arctoptychites is an extinct cephalopod genus 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]
[2] Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957),Mesozoic Ammonoidea p.L180.