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Discoidellia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae

Taxonomy
Discoidellia was named by Vermeulen (1995).

It was assigned to Pulchelliidae by Cecca et al. (1998).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Discoidellia Vermeulen
1998Discoidellia Cecca et al. p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPulchelliaceaeDouvillé 1890
familyPulchelliidaeHyatt 1903
genusDiscoidelliaVermeulen 1995

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.

G. †Discoidellia Vermeulen 1995
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Discoidellia pseudobertrandi Cecca et al. 1998
Discoidellia vermeuleni Cecca et al. 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height317.214.519.018.52.47
shell diameter328.023.531.030.04.07
shell inflation30.5850.4001.000.5000.321

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: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 145.06000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Spain (Valencia) D. favrei (233873)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain D. couratieri (61522) D. favrei (61529 61531 61541) D. vermeuleni (61527 61535 61536 61538)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy D. pseudobertrandi (168440 168442) D. pseudobertrandi, D. vermeuleni (168437 168438 168439 168444) D. vermeuleni (168446 168447 168450)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia D. couratieri (205694 205697) D. favrei (205713) D. sp. (205701)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Hungary D. favrei, D. couratieri (61566)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Tunisia D. sp. (205717)