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Parasicanites apertus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Parasicanites apertus was named by Leonova (1992). Its type specimen is PIN 4240/26 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charymdara River, Collection 1150/5, Darvaz Range, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Chelamchin Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Parasicanites apertus Leonova p. 127 figs. Pl 29, fig 15
2002Parasicanites apertus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilySicanitinaeNoetling 1904
genusParasicanitesLeonova 1985
speciesapertus

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.

†Parasicanites apertus Leonova 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height15.60
shell diameter113.7

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

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 - 283.3Tajikistan Parasicanites apertus (type locality: 88897)