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Pseudohastites cultellus

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae

Taxonomy
Pseudohastites cultellus was named by Lang (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH C.29045 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 104, clays above Hummocky Limestone, Charmouth, which is in a Jamesoni offshore marl in the Belemnite Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pseudohastites cultellus Lang p. 211 figs. Pl 15, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
—Neocoleoidea
superorderDecabrachiaHaeckel 1866
orderBelemnitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyPassaloteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusPseudohastites
speciescultellus

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
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Jamesoni or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Pseudohastites cultellus (type locality: 159864)