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Vavilovites kuluensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Vavilovites kuluensis was named by Zakharov (1976). Its type specimen is BPI 1/808 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ken'elichi Creek, Vavilovites kuluensis zone, upper Kulu river, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. spitzbergensis, V. verchojanicus
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2012-03-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Vavilovites kuluensis Zakharov p. 62 figs. Pl 24, fig 2
1978Vavilovites kuluensis Zakharov p. 177 figs. Pl 4, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusVavilovitesTozer 1971
specieskuluensis

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.

†Vavilovites kuluensis Zakharov 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height239.430.151.640.915.2
shell diameter2111.266.5186.0126.284.5
shell inflation216.7--16.7-

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation Vavilovites kuluensis (type locality: 124969)