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Uptonia involuta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Uptonia involuta was named by Meister (1986). Its type specimen is MGL 43123 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
U. dayiceratoides, U. obsoleta, U. reynardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Uptonia involuta Meister p. 40 figs. Pl 5, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusUptoniaBuckman 1898
speciesinvoluta

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.

†Uptonia involuta Meister 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Jamesoni or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2France Uptonia involuta (148109)