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Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy

Cosmoceras subpretiosum was named by Uhlig (1878).

It was recombined as Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus by Parent (2001).

Subspecies

Simocosmoceras pszczolkowskii apulcoensis

Synonyms

Simocosmoceras pszczolkowskii was named by Myczynski (1989). Its type specimen is MINBAS LF-1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loma Ferretero section, Sierra del Rosario, western Cuba, which is in a Tithonian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in the Artemisa Formation of Cuba.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus by Parent (2001).
Aspidoceras steinmanni was named by Haupt (1907).

It was recombined as Pseudhimalayites steinmanni by Zeiss et al. (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus by Parent (2001).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1878	Cosmoceras subpretiosum Uhlig p. 637 figs. Pl 17, fig 8
1907	Aspidoceras steinmanni Haupt p. 189 figs. Pl 7, fig 1
1989	Simocosmoceras pszczolkowskii Myczynski p. 94 figs. Pl 8, fig 4; pl 10, figs 4a,5
1994	Pseudhimalayites steinmanni Zeiss et al. p. 370
2001	Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus Parent p. 27 figs. 2, 8I-J

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Aspidoceratoidea	Zittel 1895
family	Aspidoceratidae	Zittel 1895
genus	Pseudhimalayites
species	subpretiosus	(Uhlig 1878)

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.

†Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus Uhlig 1878

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†Simocosmoceras pszczolkowskii apulcoensis Villaseñor et al. 2003

Invalid names: Aspidoceras steinmanni Haupt 1907 [synonym], Simocosmoceras pszczolkowskii Myczynski 1989 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	14.0	6.50	30.0	18.2	16.6
shell diameter	2	40.7	21.0	79.0	50.0	41.0
shell inflation	2	14.7	8.00	27.0	17.5	13.4

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Italy	Pseudhimalayites steinmanni (184794)
Middle Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Argentina (Neuquen)	Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus (47412)
Middle Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Argentina	Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus (200691 200692)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Argentina	Pseudhimalayites subpretiosus (236427 236428 236436 236438)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Cuba	Simocosmoceras pszczolkowskii (57746)