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Gymnites evolutus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnites evolutus was named by Shevyrev (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/578 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, middle branch 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 evolutus Shevyrev p. 114 figs. Pl 17, fig 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
speciesevolutus

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 evolutus Shevyrev 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.50
shell diameter131.4
shell inflation116.0

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 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Gymnites evolutus (type locality: 99527)