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Barremites difficilis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites difficilis was named by d'Orbigny (1840). It is the type species of Barremites.

It was recombined as Puzosia difficilis by Choffat (1888); it was recombined as Desmoceras difficile by Douvillé (1916); it was recombined as Barremites difficilis by Vasicek (2002) and Raisossadat (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites difficilis d'Orbigny p. 135 figs. Pl. 41
1841Ammonites difficilis d'Orbigny
1888Puzosia difficilis Choffat p. 67 figs. Pl 2, fig 3
1916Desmoceras difficile Douvillé p. 106
2002Barremites difficilis Vasicek p. 192 figs. Pl 3, fig 4
2024Barremites difficilis Raisossadat p. 11 fig. 7G

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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
speciesdifficilis(d'Orbigny 1840)

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 difficilis d'Orbigny 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 129.40000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Slovakia Barremites difficilis (2061)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria Barremites difficilis (161853)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Iran Barremites difficilis (236065 236067 236068 236071 236172)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Slovakia Barremites difficilis (69125)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Japan Barremites difficilis (66079)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Romania Barremites difficilis (169562 169563)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0France (Provence) Barremites difficilis (56058 56067 56782 56788)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Georgia Barremites difficilis (2115)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Austria (Ternberg) Barremites difficilis (50788 50789 50791 50792)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Italy Barremites difficilis (50809)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Austria Barremites difficilis (169049)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Puzosia difficilis (210851 210852)