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Shangsilites shangsiensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Huananoceratidae

Taxonomy
Shangsilites shangsiensis was named by Sheng (1989). Its type specimen is P32038 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shangsi Section, Bed 19, which is in a Changhsingian basinal (siliciclastic) lime mudstone/shale in the Dalong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Shangsilites shangsiensis Sheng p. 194 figs. Pl 19, fig 4; text-fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyHuananoceratidae
genusShangsilites
speciesshangsiensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.2
shell diameter124.5
shell inflation17.80

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Shangsilites shangsiensis (type locality: 148466)