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Vavilovites sverdrupi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Paranorites sverdrupi was named by Tozer (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 14277 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Vavilovites sverdrupi by Tozer (1994), Ware and Bucher (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. spitzbergensis, V. verchojanicus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Paranorites sverdrupi Tozer p. 12 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-6
1994Vavilovites sverdrupi Tozer p. 63 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-3; pl 20, figs 2a,b
1996Vavilovites tabulatus Waterhouse
2018Vavilovites sverdrupi Ware and Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusVavilovitesTozer 1971
speciessverdrupi(Tozer 1963)

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.

†Vavilovites sverdrupi Tozer 1963
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Invalid names: Vavilovites tabulatus Waterhouse 1996 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height560.747.986.054.320.4
shell diameter5116.049.7200.0118.055.8
shell inflation534.328.350.028.512.5

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (Nunavut) Vavilovites sverdrupi (57087 61941 61971 61974 61981 103362 103364 137938 137996)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (Alberta) Vavilovites sverdrupi (57085)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Vavilovites sverdrupi (48406 48491)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (British Columbia) Vavilovites sverdrupi (105268 105302 105310 137677)