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Himalayites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Himalayites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Himalayitinae by Helmstaedt (1969), Myczynski (1989); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Himalayitidae by Garrido et al. (2018).

Species
H. seideli, H. tardosi
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. egregius, H. faucium, H. seidelli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Himalayites Helmstaedt p. 78
1989Himalayites Myczynski p. 106
2002Himalayites Sepkoski
2018Himalayites Garrido et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
genusHimalayites

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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†Himalayites seideli Oppel 1863
†Himalayites tardosi Fozy et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.0
shell diameter162.0
shell inflation123.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 145.06000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) H. sp. (2615)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1India H. seidelli (83609)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Peru H. egregius (37887)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Colombia (Meta) H. sp. 1, H. sp. 2 (191958)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Madagascar H. faucium (234351)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Nepal H. seideli (142312)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1India H. seideli (65883) H. sp. (65891)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian145.06 - 137.05Argentina (Neuquén) H. sp. (135627)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1France H. sp. (11913)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Poland H. sp. (2094)