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Rhacophyllites zitteli

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Rhacophyllites zitteli was named by von Mojsisovics (1902). Its type specimen is GBA 1902/003/0071/01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Diphyllites zitteli by Spath (1934).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Rhacophyllites zitteli von Mojsisovics p. 318 figs. Pl 17, figs 3,4
1934Diphyllites zitteli Spath
1970Rhacophyllites zitteli Wiedmann p. 986 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1993Rhacophyllites zitteli Rakús p. 943 figs. Pl 1, fig 7; pl 2, figs 2,3; text-fig 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyDiscophyllitidaeSpath 1927
genusRhacophyllitesZittel 1884
specieszitteli

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.

Rhacophyllites zitteli von Mojsisovics 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Lacian or 237.00000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Austria Rhacophyllites zitteli (159521)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) Rhacophyllites zitteli (85151)