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Paraceratites brembanus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites brembanus was named by Mojsisovics (1882). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lenna in Val Brembana (Geol. Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Paraceratites brembanus by Spath (1934), Gu et al. (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ceratites brembanus Mojsisovics p. 38 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-4
1882Ceratites brembanus von Mojsisovics
1934Paraceratites brembanus Spath
1980Paraceratites brembanus Gu et al. p. 347 figs. Pl 1, figs 14-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusParaceratites
speciesbrembanus(Mojsisovics 1882)

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.

†Paraceratites brembanus Mojsisovics 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.6
shell diameter159.0
shell inflation118.2

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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Lombardy) Ceratites brembanus (211803)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Ceratites brembanus (136184 136189 136961)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Brescia) Ceratites brembanus (211762)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Italy (Piedmont) Ceratites brembanus (86708)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Paraceratites brembanus (31618 31620 31628)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Serbia Paraceratites brembanus (215192)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina Paraceratites brembanus (214979)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Trentino) Ceratites brembanus (211765)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464China (Xizang) Paraceratites brembanus (150445)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Lombardy) Paraceratites brembanus (44527)