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Paracrochordiceras asseretoi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae

Taxonomy
Paracrochordiceras asseretoi was named by Fantini Sestini (1981). Its type specimen is Mgb759 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Section CM II, 10.5 m, Marathovouno Hill, Chios, which is in an Aegean basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in Greece.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Paracrochordiceras asseretoi Fantini Sestini p. 48 figs. Pl 4, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderCeratitinaHyatt 1884
familyAcrochordiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusParacrochordiceras()
speciesasseretoi

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.

Paracrochordiceras asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height213.510.517.313.94.81
shell diameter244.233.458.646.017.8
shell inflation221.916.030.023.09.90

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aegean or 246.70000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Greece Paracrochordiceras asseretoi (143854 type locality: 143855)