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Ripernites pressulus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

Taxonomy
Ripernites pressulus was named by Leonova (1983). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/121 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shindy River, Sample 26/1, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Ripernites pressulus Leonova p. 48 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; text-fig 7b
1989Ripernites pressulus Leonova p. 138 figs. Pl 8, fig 5; text-fig 53b
2002Ripernites pressulus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyShumarditoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyPerrinitidae
genusRipernitesRuzhencev 1950
speciespressulus

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.

Ripernites pressulus Leonova 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height222.217.029.023.08.49
shell diameter250.439.065.252.118.5
shell inflation212.110.314.312.32.83

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Ripernites pressulus (111270 type locality: 111281 111369 111376)