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Amarassites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Haloritidae

Taxonomy
Amarassites was named by Welter (1914) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-m Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Haloritidae by Spath (1951); to Haloritinae by Tatzreiter (1981), Tozer (1981); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Amarassites Welter
1951Amarassites Spath p. 108
1981Amarassites Tatzreiter
1981Amarassites Tozer
2002Amarassites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyHaloritidaeMojsisovics 1893
subfamilyHaloritinaeMojsisovics 1893
genusAmarassitesWelter 1914

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.

G. †Amarassites Welter 1914
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†Amarassites levis Tatzreiter 1980
†Amarassites parmenides Diener 1923
†Amarassites pulcher Welter 1922
†Amarassites semiplicatus von Hauer 1850
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Invalid names: Amarassites ingrediens Welter 1914 [synonym], Amarassites sundaicus Welter 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height128.0
shell diameter160.0
shell inflation11.50

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: base of the Carnian to the top of the Alaunian or 237.00000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Indonesia A. semiplicatus, A. laevicostatus (204273)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Indonesia (Timor) A. pulcher (205648)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Oman A. sp. (101398)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Indonesia A. laevicostatus, A. parmenides (139412) A. levis, A. semiplicatus (151067) A. semiplicatus (220211) A. semiplicatus, A. laevicostatus, A. parmenides (151066) A. semiplicatus, A. parmenides (151058 220210)