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Proarcestes balfouri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites balfouri was named by Oppel (1863).

It was recombined as Proarcestes balfouri by Arthaber (1915), Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bicinctus, P. obonii, P. verchojanicum, P. verchojanicus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites balfouri Oppel p. 285 figs. Pl 80, fig 5
1914Arcestes (Proarcestes) hartzelli Smith p. 43 figs. Pl 93, figs 17,18
1915Proarcestes balfouri Arthaber
1982Proarcestes balfouri Silberling and Nichols p. 57 figs. Pl 27, figs 30-35; text-fig 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusProarcestesMojsisovic 1893
speciesbalfouri(Oppel 1863)

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.

†Proarcestes balfouri Oppel 1863
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Invalid names: Arcestes (Proarcestes) hartzelli Smith 1914 [synonym]
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 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Proarcestes balfouri (204511)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Arcestes hartzelli, Arcestes quadrilabiatus (33225) Proarcestes balfouri (38920 40753 40760 57090 142862 142865 142869 143013 143029)