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Procladiscites simplex

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Procladiscites simplex was named by Wang (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 44467, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample AAN14, Xinyuan, Ziyun, which is in a Spathian carbonate limestone in the Luolou Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. martini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Procladiscites simplex Wang p. 169 figs. Pl 3, figs 6,7; text-fig 10a
1982Procladiscites simplex Gamsjäger p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyCladiscitidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyProcladiscitinae
genusProcladiscites
speciessimplex

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guizhou) Procladiscites simplex (type locality: 213532)