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Pseudotirolites acuticostatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotirolites acuticostatus was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14935 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lijiachong, Lindai, Bed 2, Qingzhen County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pseudotirolites acuticostatus Zhao et al. p. 127 figs. Pl 18, figs 10,11; pl 19, figs 3-10,14,15; text-figs 76,77,78a
1981Pseudotirolites acuticostatus Zheng figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4
2002Pseudotirolites acuticostatus 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
speciesacuticostatus

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 acuticostatus Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height518.912.931.517.67.76
shell diameter549.132.090.645.523.8
shell inflation517.911.532.915.59.44

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Pseudotirolites acuticostatus (type locality: 98030 121690)