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Proarcestes planus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Proarcestes planus was named by Shevyrev (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/628 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, Proarcestes-Phloioceras beds, which is in a Julian marine carbonate in the Babuk Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Proarcestes planus Shevyrev p. 126 figs. Pl 21, fig 1

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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
speciesplanus

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 planus Shevyrev 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height140.4
shell diameter176.0
shell inflation15.10

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: base of the Julian to the top of the Tuvalian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Russian Federation Proarcestes planus (type locality: 144005)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Russian Federation Proarcestes planus (143995 143996)