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Weyerella discoides

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae

Taxonomy
Gattendorfia discoides was named by Ruan (1981).

It was recombined as Weyerella discoides by Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Gattendorfia discoides Ruan
2006Weyerella discoides Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyGattendorfiidaeBartzsch and Weyer 1987
genusWeyerella
speciesdiscoides(Ruan 1981)

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.

Weyerella discoides Ruan 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available