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Ambites rupestris

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Taxonomy
Ambites rupestris was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West of Khoora, lowest beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. fulginatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ambites rupestris Waagen p. 155 figs. Pl 7, fig 10
1934Ambites rupestris Spath

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyGyronitidaeWaagen 1895
genusAmbites
speciesrupestris

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.

†Ambites rupestris Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.0
shell diameter144.0
shell inflation111.0

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Ambites rupestris (type locality: 143631)