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Oxydiscites taimyrensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Streblites taimyrensis was named by Mesezhnikov (1976). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 3001/686, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kheta River, Gavrilin Ulov, Khatanga Basin (Oxydiscites taimyrensis zone), which is in a Kimmeridgian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Oxydiscites taimyrensis by Mesezhnikov (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Streblites taimyrensis Mesezhnikov figs. Pl 17, fig 3
1984Oxydiscites taimyrensis Mesezhnikov p. 83 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; pl 7, figs 1,3,4; pl 58, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyOchetoceratinaeSpath 1928
genusOxydiscites
speciestaimyrensis(Mesezhnikov 1976)

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.

Oxydiscites taimyrensis Mesezhnikov 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Oxydiscites taimyrensis (163990 163991 164356) Streblites taimyrensis (163989)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Komi) Oxydiscites taimyrensis (163988 164320)