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Galfettitidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Galfettitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Galfettitidae Brühwiler and Bucher
2012Galfettitidae Brühwiler and Bucher p. 25
2014Galfettitidae Shigeta and Nguyen p. 103
2021Galfettitidae Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov p. 490

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyGalfettitidae
familyGalfettitidae

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.

Fm. †Galfettitidae Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
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G. †Galfettites Brayard and Bucher 2008
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†Galfettites kyrae Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
†Galfettites lucasi Jenks et al. 2010
†Galfettites omani Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
†Galfettites orientalis Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov 2021
†Galfettites simplicitatis Brayard and Bucher 2008
†Galfettites wanneri Welter 1922
G. †Lepiskites Dagis and Ermakova 1990
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†Lepiskites kolymensis Popov 1961
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Invalid names: Paranorites ultraradiatus Bychkov et al. 1976 [synonym], Paranorites wercheri Popov 1961 [synonym]
G. †Pseudogalfettites Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov 2021
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†Pseudogalfettites sakhnoi Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov 2021
G. †Safraites Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
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†Safraites simplex Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
G. †Shigetaceras Brühwiler et al. 2010
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†Shigetaceras dunajensis Zakharov 1968
G. †Urdyceras Brayard and Bucher 2008
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†Urdyceras insolitus Brayard and Bucher 2008
†Urdyceras tulongensis Brühwiler et al. 2010
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
partNmean
shell height120.5
shell diameter141.0

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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Olenekian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Meekoceras pulchrum (73222)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Meekoceras pulchrum (73236)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Galfettites sp., Vercherites subcristatum (214562) Hemiprionites dunajensis (212291) Lepiskites kolymensis (107029 107035 107036 107043 127923) Paranorites kolymensis (214724) Vercherites subcristatum (168047 214552)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Hemiprionites dunajensis (47247 47248 47257 47272)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Xizang) Galfettites omani (229749 229750 229751) Galfettites sp. (226386) Galfettites sp., Urdyceras sp. (229715) Galfettitidae indet., Galfettites omani (229716) Shigetaceras dunajensis (97334 97358) Shigetaceras dunajensis, Galfettites omani (229753 229754) Shigetaceras sp. (229771) Urdyceras sp. (229712 229713 229720) Urdyceras tulongensis (97327 97360)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Oman Galfettites kyrae (102600 127421) Galfettites omani (127393 127399) Galfettites omani, Safraites simplex (127397) Galfettites simplicitatis (127390 127391 127392) Galfettites simplicitatis, Galfettitidae indet., Galfettites kyrae (127430) Safraites simplex (127394 127395 127396 127401)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Nevada) Galfettites lucasi (97118)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Vercherites undulatus (156056)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Indonesia (West Timor) Galfettites omani (211577)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) Galfettites simplicitatis (97157 97158) Urdyceras insolitus (97149)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Galfettites omani (139627 139634 139635 139680) Galfettites sp. (139642) Meekoceras pulchrum (73211 73256) Meekoceras vercherei (72341 73210 73221) Shigetaceras dunajensis (139632) Urdyceras sp. (139621) Urdyceras tulongensis (139640 139643 139673 139674 139700) Urdyceras tulongensis, Galfettites sp. (139682 139683)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Vietnam Galfettites simplicitatis (155543) Galfettites simplicitatis, Urdyceras tulongensis (155485) Urdyceras tulongensis (155492)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Serbia and Montenegro (Bar) Galfettites omani (213432)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Indonesia (Timor) Meekoceras wanneri (204266 205644)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan Galfettites omani (139145) Koninckites vercherei (143835) Meekoceras pulchrum (143833) Vercherites pulchrum (139141 139146 139147) Vercherites vercherei (139066 139144 140322) Vercherites wyleri (111556)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Indonesia Prionolobus wanneri (214983)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Pakistan Paranorites pulchrus, Paranorites vercherei (215027) Paranorites vercherei (215029)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) Meekoceras pulchrum (73212)