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Berriasella oppeli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes oppeli was named by Kilian (1889).

It was recombined as Berriasella (Berriasella) oppeli by Howarth (1998); it was recombined as Berriasella oppeli by Cecca and Seyed-Emami (2012), Vašíček and Skupien (2013), Frau et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. bardensis, B. subcallisto, B. paramacilenta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Perisphinctes oppeli Kilian p. 662
1939Berriasella moreti Mazenot
1973Berriasella (Berriasella) sabatasi Le Hegarat p. 63 figs. Pl 6, fig 7; pl 38, fig 10
1973Berriasella (Picteticeras) aurousei Le Hegarat p. 67 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2; pl 39, figs 3,6
1973Berriasella (Picteticeras) elmii Le Hegarat p. 71 figs. Pl 39, fig 4
1973Berriasella (Picteticeras) enayi Le Hegarat p. 72 figs. Pl 7, figs 10-12
1998Berriasella (Berriasella) oppeli Howarth p. 90
2012Berriasella oppeli Cecca and Seyed-Emami p. 111 fig. 5I
2013Berriasella oppeli Vašíček and Skupien p. 335 fig. 5E,F,J
2016Berriasella oppeli Frau et al. p. 187 figs. 3A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusBerriasellaUhlig 1905
speciesoppeli(Kilian 1889)

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.

†Berriasella oppeli Kilian 1889
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Invalid names: Berriasella (Berriasella) sabatasi Le Hegarat 1973 [synonym], Berriasella (Picteticeras) aurousei Le Hegarat 1973 [synonym], Berriasella (Picteticeras) elmii Le Hegarat 1973 [synonym], Berriasella (Picteticeras) enayi Le Hegarat 1973 [synonym], Berriasella moreti Mazenot 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.8
shell diameter148.4
shell inflation118.6

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: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 149.20000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Yemen (Wasi Hajar) Berriasella oppeli (2582)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Iran Berriasella oppeli (158999)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Czechia Berriasella oppeli (159002 159008 177624 202901)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0France Berriasella oppeli (174789 174791 180142) Berriasella sp. (174785) Berriasella subcallisto (174786 174787)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1France Berriasella oppeli (11913) Berriasella sabatasi, Berriasella enayi (11912)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05China Berriasella oppeli (64825)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Poland Berriasella aurousei (2094) Berriasella moreti (65218)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine Berriasella oppeli (163888)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Hungary Berriasella moreti (111296) Berriasella oppeli (111299)