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Flexispinites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Flexispinites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Taramelliceratinae by Schlegelmilch (1994); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Flexispinites Schlegelmilch p. 41
2002Flexispinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyTaramelliceratinaeSpath 1928
genusFlexispinites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Flexispinites langi de Loriol 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Taramelliceras langi (171627)