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Daixites attenuatus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Daixites attenuatus was named by Ruzhentsev (1952). Its type specimen is PIN 319/591 and is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Daixites attenuatus Ruzhentsev p. 49 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-figs 5a-c,6a-d,7
1995Daixites attenuatus Bogoslovskaya et al. p. 296 fig. 4.13,4.14
2002Daixites attenuatus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyUddenitinae
genusDaixitesRuzhencev 1941
speciesattenuatusRuzhentsev 1952

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.

Daixites attenuatus Ruzhentsev 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter114.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Kazakhstan Daixites attenuatus (81367)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Kazakhstan Daixites attenuatus (81373)