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Palermites distefanoi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Taxonomy
Adrianites distefanoi was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Palermites.

It was recombined as Palermites distefanoi by Vasicek and Kullmann (1988) and Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Adrianites distefanoi Gemmellaro p. 46 figs. Pl 9, figs 36-40
1988Palermites distefanoi Vasicek and Kullmann p. 103 figs. Pl 1, fig 9; text-fig 1G
2002Palermites distefanoi Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAdrianitoidea(Schindewolf 1931)
familyAdrianitidaeSchindewolf 1931
subfamilyAdrianitinaeSchindewolf 1931
genusPalermitesToumansky 1937
speciesdistefanoi()

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.

Palermites distefanoi Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height57.772.6011.010.03.52
shell diameter522.28.3031.029.09.43
shell inflation59.423.6013.012.03.82

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iraq (Arbil) Palermites distefanoi (82851)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Adrianites distefanoi (108566)