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Gymnites robinsoni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnites robinsoni was named by Shevyrev (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/574, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, right bank near bridge, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Gymnites robinsoni Shevyrev p. 113 figs. Pl 19, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
genusGymnites
speciesrobinsoni

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.

Gymnites robinsoni Shevyrev 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height234.431.637.434.54.10
shell diameter293.488.498.793.67.28
shell inflation234.632.636.834.72.97

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Russian Federation Gymnites robinsoni (99510 99512 type locality: 99530)