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Vercherites wyleri

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Galfettitidae

Taxonomy
Vercherites wyleri was named by Brühwiler and Bucher (2011). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 28558 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nammal Gorge Nam802, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Vercherites wyleri Brühwiler and Bucher figs. Pl 3, figs 1-4

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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
specieswyleri

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.

Vercherites wyleri Brühwiler and Bucher 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height421.614.542.019.412.8
shell diameter449.634.2100.442.831.3
shell inflation413.99.4029.711.69.49

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 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Vercherites wyleri (type locality: 111556)