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Leiophyllites pradyumna

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Monophyllites pradyumna was named by Diener (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chitichun No. 1 Block, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in China.

It was recombined as Leiophyllites pradyumna by Spath (1934), Bando (1970) and Balini and Lăcătuş (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Monophyllites pradyumna Diener p. 106 figs. Pl 31, figs 3,4
1907Monophyllites pradyumna Diener
1934Leiophyllites pradyumna Spath
1970Leiophyllites pradyumna Bando p. 350 figs. Pl 38, fig 3
2024Leiophyllites pradyumna Balini and Lăcătuş p. 733 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPalaeophyllitidaePopov 1958
genusLeiophyllitesDiener 1915
speciespradyumna(Diener 1895)

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.

†Leiophyllites pradyumna Diener 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.6
shell diameter154.3
shell inflation125.7

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Romania Leiophyllites pradyumna (199553)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Japan Leiophyllites pradyumna (101744)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Primorye) Leiophyllites pradyumna (46901 47256 47283 47284 47285 47300)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Indonesia Leiophyllites pradyumna (215009)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Monophyllites pradyumna (206215)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Monophyllites pradyumna (206199)