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Pseudotirolites laibinensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotirolites laibinensis was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14929 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kemaling, Qianjiang, Laibin County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. uniformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pseudotirolites laibinensis Zhao et al. p. 126 figs. Pl 17, figs 2,6-8,12; pl 18, fig 9
1990Pseudotirolites laibinensis Wang p. 768 figs. Pl 2, figs 7,8
2002Pseudotirolites laibinensis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyPseudotirolitidaeZhao 1965
genusPseudotirolitesSun 1933
specieslaibinensis

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.

†Pseudotirolites laibinensis Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height423.3--23.3-
shell diameter459.453.566.659.26.14
shell inflation416.5--16.5-

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Jiangsu) Pseudotirolites laibinensis (111755)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Pseudotirolites laibinensis (111986 111987 111988 111989 121625 121674 121680 149295 149297 151132)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Pseudotirolites laibinensis (148463)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangdong) Pseudotirolites laibinensis (121655)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Pseudotirolites laibinensis (95479 95482 95484)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Pseudotirolites laibinensis (type locality: 121629 124010 149216 210120 210121 210123 210125 210127)