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Vercherites

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Galfettitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Vercherites Brühwiler et al. p. 732
2011Vercherites Brühwiler and Bucher
2013Vercherites Brayard et al. p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyGalfettitidae
genusVercherites

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.

G. †Vercherites Brühwiler et al. 2010
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Vercherites pulchrum Waagen 1895
Vercherites undulatus Brayard et al. 2013
Vercherites vercherei Waagen 1895
Vercherites wyleri Brühwiler and Bucher 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height725.214.548.023.813.4
shell diameter755.934.2103.051.430.5
shell inflation714.58.0029.712.38.72

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: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9India (Himachal Pradesh) Meekoceras pulchrum (73222)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7India (Himachal Pradesh) Meekoceras pulchrum (73236)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation V. subcristatum (168047 214552 214562)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) V. undulatus (156056)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Koninckites vercherei (143835) Meekoceras pulchrum (143833) V. pulchrum (139141 139146 139147) V. vercherei (139066 139144 140322) V. wyleri (111556)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1India (Himachal Pradesh) Meekoceras pulchrum (73211 73256) Meekoceras vercherei (72341 73210 73221)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Pakistan Paranorites pulchrus, Paranorites vercherei (215027) Paranorites vercherei (215029)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7India (Himachal Pradesh) Meekoceras pulchrum (73212)