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Adygeites obscurus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Adygeitidae

Taxonomy
Adygeites obscurus was named by Shevyrev (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/633 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bzhebs River, Placites-Rhacophyllites beds, which is in a Rhaetian marine carbonate in the Khodzin Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Adygeites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Adygeites obscurus Shevyrev p. 105 figs. Pl 16, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyAdygeitidae
genusAdygeites
speciesobscurus

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.

Adygeites obscurus Shevyrev 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.10
shell diameter126.1
shell inflation113.5

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: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Russian Federation Adygeites obscurus (type locality: 143999)