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Preflorianites toulai

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Kashmiritidae

Taxonomy
Xenodiscus toulai was named by Smith (1932).

It was recombined as Preflorianites toulai by Kummel and Steele (1962), Shevyrev (1995), Brayard et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. radiatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Proteusites rotundus Smith
1932Xenodiscus toulai Smith
1962Preflorianites toulai Kummel and Steele p. 669 figs. Pl 100, figs 18-20; pl 102, fig 5
1995Preflorianites toulai Shevyrev p. 27 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
2013Preflorianites toulai Brayard et al. p. 161 figs. 20a-h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyKashmiritidae
genusPreflorianitesSpath 1930
speciestoulai(Smith 1932)

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.

†Preflorianites toulai Smith 1932
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Invalid names: Proteusites rotundus Smith 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1211.37.8017.610.93.49
shell diameter1229.420.046.229.49.28
shell inflation129.886.0017.09.803.93

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (California) Xenodiscus toulai, Proteusites rotundus (33298)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Idaho) Xenodiscus toulai (33288)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Nevada) Preflorianites toulai (61515 62096 62097 97121)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Preflorianites toulai (156011 156013 156042 156045 156046 156065)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Preflorianites toulai (99538)