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Beyrichites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Beyrichites was named by Waagen (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites reuttensis.

It was assigned to Beyrichitidae by Spath (1934), Kummel (1960), Bando (1964), Kummel (1969) and Trammer (1972); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Beyrichitinae by Tozer (1981) and Vörös (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Beyrichites Waagen
1934Beyrichites Spath
1960Beyrichites Kummel
1964Beyrichites Bando
1969Beyrichites Kummel
1972Beyrichites Trammer
1981Beyrichites Tozer p. 92
2002Beyrichites Sepkoski
2018Beyrichites Vörös p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusBeyrichitesWaagen 1895

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. †Beyrichites Waagen 1895
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†Beyrichites affinis Mojsisovics 1886
†Beyrichites beneckei Mojsisovics 1881
†Beyrichites bittneri Arthaber 1896
†Beyrichites cognatus Wagner 1891
†Beyrichites kesava Diener 1895
†Beyrichites khanikofi Oppel 1865
†Beyrichites laurae Renz and Renz 1948
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Invalid names: Beyrichites praematurus Renz and Renz 1948 [synonym]
†Beyrichites maturus von Mojsisovics 1882
†Beyrichites proximus Oppel 1865
†Beyrichites reuttensis Beyrich 1867
†Beyrichites rudra Diener 1895
†Beyrichites thuringiacus Fritsch 1906
†Beyrichites yuati Skwarko 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter1047.126.0146.940.636.2

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Tuvalian or 251.30000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Meekoceras affine (212505)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Greece B. praematurus, B. laurae (112607)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Greenland B. affinis (111489)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Chile (Atacama) B. sp. (200772)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy B. cadoricus (29190 29191 29215) Meekoceras beneckei (136188 136961) Meekoceras beneckei, Meekoceras reuttense (136189)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Cambodia B. khanicofi (44803)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) Meekoceras beneckei (212611)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Tyrol) Meekoceras reuttense (211799)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India B. khanikofi (206200 206208)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Thailand (Lampang) B. sp. (211615)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen B. affinis (212078)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) B. beneckei (44287)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Innsbruck) B. beneckei, B. reuttensis (202274) B. reuttensis (202275)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland B. sp. (206778)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Uttarakhand) B. rudra (206204)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Papua New Guinea B. yuati (137325 137331 137336 137337)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Papua New Guinea (Western Highlands) B. yuati (48606)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) B. khanikofi, B. kesava (206205) B. khanikofi, B. proximus (206206)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany Beneckeia cognata (212638)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Afghanistan (Pakhtia) B. khanikofi (44107)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) B. sp. (211427)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) B. sp. (199798)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation B. sp. (214884)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) Meekoceras beneckei (211768)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy B. beneckei (49713 141804 141808 141814 215977) B. sp. (141811 141812)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Japan B. sp. (101740)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria Meekoceras maturum (136996)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary B. reuttensis (199579) B. sp. (182852 182853)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Austria B. bittneri (186976)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Guangxi) B. sp. (96998)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary B. beneckei (91931 91934 91936 91940 91942 91945 91947) B. cadoricus, B. sp. (91987 91988 91993 91997 91999 92000 92002) B. cadoricus, B. sp., B. beneckei (91994 91996) B. sp. (40619 40630 91913 91928 91929 91932 91950 91952 91953 91954 91969 91982 91984 91995 91998 92001 92011 92012 92019) B. sp., B. beneckei (91927 91930 91935 91937 91938 91941 91944 91986) B. sp., B. reuttensis (91933)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria B. maturus (186975)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian247.2 - 221.5Turkey (Anatolia) B. sp. (204511 204518)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) B. sp. (214671)