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Ophiceras transitorium

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae

Taxonomy
Ophiceras transitorium was named by Spath (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Ophiceras transitorium Spath p. 17 figs. Pl 2, fig 10
1935Ophiceras transitorium Spath p. 14 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; pl 7, fig 1; pl 9, fig 2; pl 11, figs 1,2; pl 12, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyOphiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusOphiceras
speciestransitoriumSpath 1930

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.

Ophiceras transitorium Spath 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter376.567.495.769.415.8

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Ophiceras transitorium (187169)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Ophiceras transitorium (48472 48481)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Ophiceras transitorium (48121 118504 118520 118530 118534 118556 118572 118599 118602 118606 118608 118609 118614 118620 118626 118627 118631 118632 118650 118665 118675 118685 118686 118687 118703 118712 118756)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Greenland Ophiceras transitorium (48120)