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Brayardites crassus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Taxonomy
Brayardites crassus was named by Brühwiler et al. (2010). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 27651 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TWB71, Tong La West B, Tulong, which is in a Smithian deep subtidal lime mudstone in the Tulong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Brayardites crassus Brühwiler et al. p. 419 figs. 11.1-11.4, 12.1-12.6
2012Brayardites crassus Brühwiler et al. p. 145 figs. 23K-Q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusBrayardites
speciescrassus

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.

Brayardites crassus Brühwiler et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1218.99.0042.019.213.7
shell diameter1235.914.6109.034.032.1
shell inflation1213.87.0032.014.011.8

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 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1India (Himachal Pradesh) Brayardites crassus (139639 139643 139644)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Xizang) Brayardites crassus (97326 97327 97328 97329 97360 type locality: 97365 97366 104975 229711 229712)