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Barremites primitivus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Barremites primitivus was named by Cecca et al. (1998). Its type specimen is Museum of Cagli RS 2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Series RS, Stirpeto, which is in a Hauterivian offshore lime mudstone in the Maiolica Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Barremites primitivus Cecca et al. p. 77 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-20; text-fig 10a-g, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyBarremitinaeBreskovski 1977
genusBarremitesKilian 1915
speciesprimitivus

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.

Barremites primitivus Cecca et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3414.810.022.014.82.22
shell diameter3429.018.543.028.04.94
shell inflation344.512.008.004.251.47

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 Hauterivian or 136.40000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain (Comunidad Valenciana) Barremites primitivus (169145)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Italy Barremites primitivus (168437 168438 168439 type locality: 168440 168441 168452)