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Megaphyllites jarbas

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites jarbas was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Pinacoceras jarbas by von Mojsisovics (1873); it was recombined as Megaphyllites jarbas by von Mojsisovics (1882), von Mojsisovics (1902), Arthaber (1915), Liang (1977), Shevyrev (1990), Fantini Sestini (1994), Fantini Sestini (1996), Lukeneder and Lukeneder (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ceratites jarbas Münster p. 135 figs. Pl 15, fig 25
1843Ammonites umbilicatus Klipstein p. 117 figs. Pl 6, fig 4
1873Pinacoceras jarbas von Mojsisovics p. 47 figs. Pl 19, figs 9,10,16
1882Megaphyllites jarbas von Mojsisovics
1902Megaphyllites jarbas von Mojsisovics p. 314
1915Megaphyllites jarbas Arthaber
1977Megaphyllites jarbas Liang p. 79 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1990Megaphyllites jarbas Shevyrev p. 144
1994Megaphyllites jarbas Fantini Sestini
1996Megaphyllites jarbas Fantini Sestini
2014Megaphyllites jarbas Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 382 fig. 10O

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMegaphyllitoidea(Mojsisovics 1896)
familyMegaphyllitidaeMojsisovics 1896
genusMegaphyllitesMojsisovics 1879
speciesjarbas()

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.

†Megaphyllites jarbas Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Ammonites umbilicatus Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height419.08.5044.018.815.2
shell diameter437.324.074.033.022.4
shell inflation40.0050.0010.5000.0010.249

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: base of the Fassanian to the top of the Norian or 241.46400 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Megaphyllites jarbas (201597)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Megaphyllites jarbas (204518 204521)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Greece (Epidavros) Megaphyllites jarbas (211434)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Malaysia (Kelantan) Megaphyllites jarbas (211342)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye Megaphyllites jarbas (154846)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Megaphyllites jarbas (85174)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Romania Megaphyllites jarbas (160170)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Austria Megaphyllites jarbas (159521) Pinacoceras jarbas (159524 159528 159532 159577)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Ammonites umbilicatus (145649) Ceratites jarbas (type locality: 137429)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (California) Megaphyllites jarbas (205009)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Bosnia and Herzegovina Megaphyllites jarbas (206614 206617)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Megaphyllites jarbas (165395)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Hungary Megaphyllites jarbas (73270)