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Gymnites perplanus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes perplanus was named by Meek (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buena Vista Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in a Bithynian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Gymnites perplanus by Smith (1914), Silberling and Nichols (1982) and Tozer (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. bosnensis, G. meridianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Arcestes perplanus Meek p. 120 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,7a
1914Gymnites perplanus Smith p. 54 figs. Pl 15, figs 7,7a
1982Gymnites perplanus Silberling and Nichols p. 40 figs. Pl 30, figs 11-16; text-fig 21
1994Gymnites perplanus Tozer p. 128 figs. Pl 48, figs 8a,b; text-fig 35f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
genusGymnites
speciesperplanus()

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.

†Gymnites perplanus Meek 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Gymnites perplanus (141649)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Gymnites perplanus (40754 109765 143220 143259 143260 143263 143272)
Bithynian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Arcestes perplanus (142623)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Gymnites perplanus (33225)