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Praedaraelites aktubensis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Taxonomy
Praedaraelites aktubensis was named by Ruzhentsev (1949). Its type specimen is PIN 455/93, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 27, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Epicanites aktubensis by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Praedaraelites aktubensis Ruzhentsev p. 740 figs. 1i-n, 2e, 3c
1971Epicanites aktubensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 138 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-13; pl 2, figs 1,2; text-fig 11
2016Praedaraelites aktubensis Korn and Sudar p. 217 fig. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyDaraelitidae
genusPraedaraelitesSchindewolf 1934
speciesaktubensisRuzhentsev 1949

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.

Praedaraelites aktubensis Ruzhentsev 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1014.16.0048.714.912.6
shell diameter1034.714.599.035.524.2
shell inflation1011.04.8024.011.25.60

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 335.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Kazakhstan Epicanites aktubensis (166868 166869 166871 166872)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9Serbia Praedaraelites aktubensis (177518 177522)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Epicanites aktubensis (166951 166952)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Epicanites aktubensis (166941 166944 166945)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Epicanites aktubensis (8421 166865 166866 166873 166874 166875 166876 166877 166878 166879 166880 166881 166882 166884 166885 166886 166887 166888 166889 166891 166892 166895 166897) Praedaraelites aktubensis (type locality: 166894)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Epicanites aktubensis (191381 191384)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Epicanites aktubensis (166954)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Kazakhstan Epicanites aktubensis (166899)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Epicanites aktubensis (166938 166946 166947)