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Vavilovites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Vavilovites was named by Tozer (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-l Tr Indu-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Vavilovitidae.

It was assigned to Proptychitidae by Tozer (1994); to Vavilovitidae by Zakharov (2002); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Paranoritidae by Ware and Bucher (2018), Ware and Bucher (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Vavilovites Tozer
1994Vavilovites Tozer p. 63
2002Vavilovites Sepkoski
2002Vavilovites Zakharov p. 120
2018Vavilovites Ware and Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusVavilovitesTozer 1971

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. †Vavilovites Tozer 1971
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†Vavilovites compressus Vavilov 1968
†Vavilovites kuluensis Zakharov 1976
†Vavilovites meridialis Ware and Bucher 2018
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Invalid names: Meekoceras noetlingi von Krafft 1901 [replaced]
†Vavilovites obtusus Tozer 1994
†Vavilovites sverdrupi Tozer 1963
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Invalid names: Vavilovites tabulatus Waterhouse 1996 [synonym]
†Vavilovites turgidus Popov 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1452.130.186.051.619.4
shell diameter1496.038.0240.0107.064.3
shell inflation1428.616.750.028.411.3

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Himachal Pradesh) V. meridialis (217568 217577 217588 217604)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation (Siberia) V. sp. (48407 48412) V. subtriangularis (48408) V. sverdrupi (48406 48491) V. turgidus (48503) V. turgidus, V. compressus (48413 48414 48494) V. turgidus, V. subtriangularis (48411)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Nevada) V. sp. (106527 120317)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (Alberta) V. sverdrupi (57085)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (Nunavut) V. obtusus (103408) V. sverdrupi (57087 61941 61971 61974 61981 103362 103364 137938 137996)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Xizang) V. meridialis (229738)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen V. sp. (97305) V. spitzbergensis (212298)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (British Columbia) V. sverdrupi (105268 105302 105310 137677)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan (Punjab) V. sverdrupi (217488 217489)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation V. kuluensis (124969) V. subtriangularis (124970) V. turgidus, V. compressus (107025) V. verchojanicus (214749)