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Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Taxonomy
Arietites praespiratissimus was named by Wahner (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kammerköhr-Alpe, which is in an Angulata carbonate limestone in Austria. It is the type species of Gyrophioceras.

It was recombined as Gyrophioceras praespiratissimus by Spath (1924); it was recombined as Vermiceras (Gyrophioceras) praespiratissimum by Bloos (1994); it was recombined as Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum by Longridge et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Arietites praespiratissimus Wahner p. 139 figs. Pl 36, figs 1-3
1924Gyrophioceras praespiratissimus Spath p. 201
1994Vermiceras (Gyrophioceras) praespiratissimum Bloos p. 10 figs. Pl 3, figs 4-10; tex-figs 4, 6a,b, 8a-c
2008Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum Longridge et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyArietitidaeHyatt 1875
subfamilyArietitinaeHyatt 1875
genusGyrophioceras
speciespraespiratissimum(Wahner 1887)

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
height110.2
diameter153.0
inflation134.5

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: Angulata or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Austria Arietites praespiratissimus (type locality: 189262) Vermiceras praespiratissimum (189263)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Gyrophioceras praespiratissimum (84919)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Austria Vermiceras praespiratissimum (189261)