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Leiophyllites confucii

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Monophyllites confucii was named by Diener (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chitichun No. 1 Block, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in China.

It was recombined as Leiophyllites confucii by Spath (1934), Wang and Chen (1979) and Fantini Sestini (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Monophyllites confucii Diener
1907Monophyllites confucii Diener
1915Monophyllites confucii Arthaber
1934Leiophyllites confucii Spath
1979Leiophyllites confucii Wang and Chen p. 53 figs. Pl 14, figs 9,10; text-fig 30a
1988Leiophyllites confucii Fantini Sestini p. 69 figs. Pl 14, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPalaeophyllitidaePopov 1958
genusLeiophyllitesDiener 1915
speciesconfucii(Diener 1895)

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.

†Leiophyllites confucii Diener 1895
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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: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bithynian or 251.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Romania Leiophyllites confucii (216985)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Monophyllites confucii (206215)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Monophyllites confucii (206199)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Turkey Leiophyllites confucii (143857 143858 143869 143899 143902 143917 143918 143925 143935 143938 143940 143944 143945 143946 143949 143951 143969 143971)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) Leiophyllites confucii (103147)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) Leiophyllites confucii (211427)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Leiophyllites confucii (178664)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) Leiophyllites confucii (211431)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Turkey Leiophyllites confucii (143904 143954 143955 143956 143958 143959 143960 143961 143963 143973)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian247.2 - 221.5Turkey (Anatolia) Monophyllites confucii (204511)