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Bilinguites politus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Reticuloceratidae

Taxonomy
Bilinguites politus was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 2195/1202, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aravan River, SW of Yangi-Kurgan, NE of Koksarau Mt., Sample 3, Fergana, which is in a Yeadonian offshore shelf limestone in Uzbekistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Bilinguites politus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 286 figs. Pl 37, figs 8-11; text-fig 98b,c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyReticuloceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
subfamilyReticuloceratinaeLibrovich 1957
genusBilinguitesLibrovitch 1946
speciespolitus

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.

Bilinguites politus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height48.475.0012.09.302.99
shell diameter417.210.524.018.75.79
shell inflation43.512.504.303.800.872

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Yeadonian or 320.00000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Uzbekistan Bilinguites politus (type locality: 38723 68201 68204 68205 68206 68208 68210)