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Glaphyrites postremus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Glaphyrites postremus was named by Ruzhentsev (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 3740/185 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shor-Bulak-Say River, sample 147/8, Pamir Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Bazardarian Formation of Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Glaphyrites postremus Ruzhentsev p. 39 figs. Pl 3, fig 6
2002Glaphyrites postremus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyGlaphyritinae
genusGlaphyritesRuzhencev 1936
speciespostremus

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.

Glaphyrites postremus Ruzhentsev 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.50
shell diameter129.0
shell inflation113.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Tajikistan Glaphyrites postremus (type locality: 102494)