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Paracladiscites indicus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Paracladiscites indicus was named by von Mojsisovics (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daonella beds, Spiti, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Paracladiscites indicus Mojsisovics p. 658 figs. Pl 20, fig 1
1896Paracladiscites indicus von Mojsisovics
1902Paracladiscites indicus von Mojsisovics p. 284 figs. Pl 21, figs 2,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyCladiscitidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyCladiscitinaeZittel 1884
genusParacladiscitesMojsisovics 1896
speciesindicus

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.

Paracladiscites indicus von Mojsisovics 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1143.325.091.032.026.8
shell diameter1170.840.0155.054.043.6
shell inflation110.0010.0010.0010.0010.000

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Lacian or 241.46400 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Paracladiscites indicus (type locality: 44732)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Austria Paracladiscites indicus (159521)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Nepal Paracladiscites indicus (92128)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Austria Paracladiscites indicus (170373 170375)