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Playfordites tripartitus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites tripartitus was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1850). It is the type species of Playfordites.

It was recombined as Playfordites tripartitus by Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2014-06-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Goniatites tripartitus Sandberger and Sandberger
2002Playfordites tripartitus Korn and Klug p. 109
2008Playfordites tripartitus House and Kirchgasser p. 142 fig. 42A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusPlayforditesBecker et al. 1993
speciestripartitus(Sandberger and Sandberger 1850)

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.

Playfordites tripartitus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height14.40
shell diameter19.20
shell inflation12.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.00000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Playfordites tripartitus (39064)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Playfordites tripartitus (136484 136742)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Playfordites tripartitus (39056)