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Silesitoides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Silesitoides is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Silesitoidinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Silesitoidinae by Wright et al. (1996) and Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Silesitoides Wright et al. p. 78
2002Silesitoides Sepkoski
2007Silesitoides Szives p. 53

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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
subfamilySilesitoidinaeBreistroffer 1953
genusSilesitoides

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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Silesitoides superstes Jacob 1908
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 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available