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Albanites osmanicus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Albanitidae

Taxonomy
Pronorites osmanicus was named by Arthaber (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kcira, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Han-Bulog Formation of Albania.

It was synonymized subjectively with Albanites triadicus by Kummel (1969); it was recombined as Albanites osmanicus by Spath (1934), Germani (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Pronorites osmanicus Arthaber
1934Albanites osmanicus Spath
1948Pronorites osmanicus Renz and Renz p. 86 figs. Pl 15, fig 6
1997Albanites osmanicus Germani p. 277 figs. Pl 1, figs 4a-c; text-fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyAlbanitidaeTozer 1994
genusAlbanitesArthaber 1909
speciesosmanicus(Arthaber 1911)

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.

Albanites osmanicus Arthaber 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height224.0--24.0-
shell diameter238.925.659.142.423.7
shell inflation216.5--16.4-

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Albania Albanites osmanicus (108976) Pronorites osmanicus (97000)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Greece Pronorites osmanicus (112607 112608)