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Rakusites pruddeni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

Taxonomy
Rakusites pruddeni was named by Guex (1971). Its type specimen is MGL 45161, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stocklinch, near Ilminster, which is in a Bifrons marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Rakusites pruddeni Guex p. 238 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 3, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyDactylioceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyDactylioceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusRakusitesHyatt 1867
speciespruddeni

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.

Rakusites pruddeni Guex 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.0
shell diameter151.0
shell inflation127.5

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: Bifrons or 182.90000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Rakusites pruddeni (type locality: 170420)