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Ceratites disculus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites disculus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidroo, topmost Upper Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ceratites disculus Waagen p. 42 figs. Pl 11, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyCeratitinaeMojsisovics 1879
genusCeratitesde Haan 1825
speciesdisculus

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.

Ceratites disculus Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.00
shell diameter119.0
shell inflation15.50

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: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan Ceratites disculus (type locality: 143637)