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Discoidellia pseudobertrandi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae

Taxonomy
Discoidellia pseudobertrandi was named by Cecca et al. (1998). Its type specimen is Museum of Cagli A 3, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Series A, Monte Petrano, 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
1998Discoidellia pseudobertrandi Cecca et al. p. 87 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-7; text-figs 13k-m, 14a-c

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

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.

Discoidellia pseudobertrandi Cecca et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height216.414.518.516.52.83
shell diameter226.623.530.026.84.60
shell inflation20.7070.5001.000.7500.354

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Discoidellia pseudobertrandi (type locality: 168437 168438 168439 168440 168442 168444)