Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Ringsteadia evoluta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Ringsteadia evoluta was named by Salfeld (1917). Its type specimen is GZG 449/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Osmington, near Weymouth, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Sandsfoot Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Ringsteadia evoluta Salfeld p. 84 figs. Pl 12, fig 1
2010Ringsteadia evoluta Wright p. 37 figs. Pl 6, figs 3,6; pl 8, figs 3-5; text-figs 6J,L, 7L

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusRingsteadia
speciesevolutaSalfeld 1917

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.

Ringsteadia evoluta Salfeld 1917
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height434.922.744.638.49.48
shell diameter4103.763.0130.0119.030.6
shell inflation440.423.955.944.613.4

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom (Dorset) Ringsteadia evoluta (163949 163951 type locality: 163952 163953 163954 163955)