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Polymorphites acutiventris

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Paramorphites acutiventris was named by Venturi et al. (2007). Its type specimen is USP Fu3P09 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fu3a, Furlo Pass (Grilli Quarry), which is in a Jamesoni slope floatstone in Italy.

It was recombined as Polymorphites acutiventris by Howarth (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Paramorphites acutiventris Venturi et al. p. 14 figs. 7a-j, 16l-m,o-q
2013Polymorphites acutiventris Howarth p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusPolymorphitesHaug 1887
speciesacutiventris()

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.

Polymorphites acutiventris Venturi et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height204.122.606.604.151.14
shell diameter2011.96.9023.911.64.29
shell inflation204.562.2010.54.452.16

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Jamesoni or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Italy Paramorphites acutiventris (type locality: 147083)