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Oiophyllites angolaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Oiophyllites angolaensis was named by Spath (1953). Its type specimen is BMNH C. 41476, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Egito, Benguela basin, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Angola.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Oiophyllites angolaensis Spath p. 21 figs. pl. 6, fig. 6
1965Oiophyllites angolaensis Howarth p. 389

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusOiophyllites
speciesangolaensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.0
shell diameter122.0
shell inflation15.70

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Angola Oiophyllites angolaensis (type locality: 88883)