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Xenocheilus ulixis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae

Taxonomy
Xenocheilus ulixis was named by Shimansky (1957). Its type specimen is LGU 103/101, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Verkhorechye, Crimea (LGU collection), which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian marine horizon in Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Xenocheilus ulixis Shimansky p. 129 fig. 1
1975Xenocheilus ulixis Shimansky p. 128 figs. Pl 29, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyPseudonautilidae
genusXenocheilus
speciesulixis

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.

Xenocheilus ulixis Shimansky 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height160.0
shell diameter190.0
shell inflation17.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Ukraine Xenocheilus ulixis (165964)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Ukraine Xenocheilus ulixis (type locality: 165648)