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Pseudokeyserlingites guexi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Keyserlingitidae

Taxonomy
Pseudokeyserlingites guexi was named by Bucher (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 438323, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coyote Canyon HB 138, northern Humboldt Range, which is in an Aegean marine horizon in the Prida Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Pseudokeyserlingites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pseudokeyserlingites guexi Bucher p. 966 figs. Pl 2, figs 2-5; text-fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyKeyserlingitidaeZacharov 1970
genusPseudokeyserlingites
speciesguexi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter150.0

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: Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Pseudokeyserlingites guexi (107737 113688 type locality: 138816 138818)