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Gymnites petilus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnites petilus was named by Wang and Chen (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 34043 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wenquan IV-P13F10-1, Xinghai County, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian marine horizon in the Gulangdi Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. amanubanensis, G. bosnensis, G. brunneri, G. falcatus, G. meridianus, G. schmidti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Gymnites petilus Wang and Chen p. 48 figs. Pl 14, fig 1-3; text-fig 25e

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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
speciespetilus

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 petilus Wang and Chen 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24China (Qinghai) Gymnites petilus (type locality: 102904)