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Oxydiscites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oxydiscites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites laffoni.

It was assigned to Ochetoceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Mesezhnikov (1984) and Schlegelmilch (1994); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Oxydiscites Arkell et al. p. 278
1984Oxydiscites Mesezhnikov p. 83
1994Oxydiscites Schlegelmilch p. 50
2002Oxydiscites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyOchetoceratinaeSpath 1928
genusOxydiscites

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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Oxydiscites laffoni Moesch 1867
Oxydiscites taimyrensis Mesezhnikov 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) O. taimyrensis (163990 163991 164356) Streblites taimyrensis (163989)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Komi) O. taimyrensis (163988 164320)