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Oppelia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oppelia was named as a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites subradiatus. It is the type genus of Oppeliidae.

It was reranked as Ammonites (Oppelia) by Favre (1877).

It was assigned to Ammonites by Favre (1877); to Oppeliinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Oppeliidae by Sandoval and Westermann (1986) and Besnosov and Mitta (1993); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Ammonites (Oppelia) Favre
1924Flexoxyites Buckman
1957Oppelia Arkell et al. p. 275
1986Oppelia Sandoval and Westermann p. 1232
1993Oppelia Besnosov and Mitta p. 34
2002Oppelia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusOppelia

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. †Oppelia
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Subg. †Oppelia (Oppelia) Waagen 1869
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†Oppelia (Oppelia) flexa Buckman 1924
†Oppelia (Oppelia) subradiata d'Orbigny 1823
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Invalid names: Harpoceras stevensoni Gregorio 1886 [synonym], Oppelia propefusca Gregorio 1886 [synonym]
Subg. †Oppelia (Trimarginites) Rollier 1909
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†Oppelia (Trimarginites) waterhousei Morris and Lycett 1850
†Oppelia audax Oppel 1863
†Oppelia glabella Leckenby 1859
†Oppelia haeberleini Oppel 1863
†Oppelia kachhensis Waagen 1875
†Oppelia karreri Neumayr 1873
†Oppelia mamertensis Waagen 1869
†Oppelia nurrhaensis Waagen 1871
†Oppelia orientalis d'Orbigny 1850
†Oppelia plana Waagen 1875
†Oppelia subcostata Buckman 1881
Invalid names: Flexoxyites Buckman 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height264.957.074.065.512.0
shell diameter2106.990.0127.0108.526.2
shell inflation26.063.5010.57.004.95

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: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Aptian or 170.30000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Humphresianum - Subfurcatum171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation O. subradiata, O. flexa, O. gratus (187409)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Egypt O. subradiata (184588)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom O. subradiata (141364)
Subfurcatum171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation O. genicularis (187411) O. genicularis, O. rectus (187410) O. gratus (187365) O. subradiata, O. flexa (187368)
Subfurcatum171.6 - 167.7Turkmenistan O. genicularis (187362) O. subradiata, O. pleurifer, O. genicularis, O. westermanni, O. costiger (187369)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Spain O. sp. (73295)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Egypt O. subradiata (170871)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Mexico (Oaxaca) O. sp. (8063) O. subradiata (8065)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Italy (Central Italy ) O. subtilicostata (123681)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar O. aspidoides (98194) O. calloviensis (98130)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland O. mamertensis (171556 171558 171581)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Menabe) O. mamertensis (234098)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany O. glabella (62287)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland O. sp. A (171552 171582)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) O. sp. (172174)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar O. prohecquensis (98092)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland O. sp. A (171568) O. sp. B (171585)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland O. anar, O. callicera, O. lorioli, O. nimbata (91906)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8India O. kachhensis, O. plana (234313)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria O. sp. (60091 60194 60195)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria O. sp. (60200 60201 60202)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria O. sp. (60196 60197 60198 60199)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Austria O. sp. (60203)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Chile (Copiapó) O. sp. (223025)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen O. sp. (211838 212050)