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Anarcestes latissimus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anarcestidae

Taxonomy
Anarcestes latissimus was named by Chlupac and Turek (1983). Its type specimen is CM L128, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praha-Hlubocepy (upper Trebotov limestone, Dalejan), which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Trebotov Formation of Czechia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Anarcestes latissimus Chlupac and Turek p. 99 figs. Pl 25, figs 3-13; text-fig 25
2002Anarcestes latissimus Klug fig. 34Q
2002Anarcestes latissimus Korn and Klug p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890
genusAnarcestesMojsisovics 1882
specieslatissimus

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.

Anarcestes latissimus Chlupac and Turek 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height411.65.0024.013.08.46
shell diameter437.717.091.038.033.1
shell inflation415.05.5044.015.517.2

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia Anarcestes latissimus (12148)
Pragian - Middle Givetian413.02 - 383.4Morocco Anarcestes latissimus (208110)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Anarcestes latissimus (38777)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia Anarcestes latissimus (type locality: 172686 181036 181038 181039 181040)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Anarcestes latissimus (38783 38787 38796)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco Anarcestes latissimus (38750 38755)