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Almites pressulus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Marathonites (Almites) pressulus was named by Ruzhentsev (1956). Its type specimen is PIN 317/13779 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aktasty River, western limestone ridge, Baigendzhinian, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Baigendzhin Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Almites pressulus by Bogoslovskaya (1990), Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Marathonites (Almites) pressulus Ruzhentsev p. 247 figs. Pl 38, fig 2
1990Almites pressulus Bogoslovskaya p. 71
2002Almites pressulus Leonova p. S78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMarathonitoidea(Ruzhencev 1938)
familyMarathonitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusAlmitesToumansky 1941
speciespressulus()

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.

Almites pressulus Ruzhentsev 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height119.2
shell diameter136.0
shell inflation11.70

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan Marathonites pressulus (type locality: 116792)