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Rollierites dimidiatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Rollierites dimidiatum was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach, bed B.7 (Rollier collection), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Rollierites dimidiatum Jeannet p. 126 figs. Pl 47, figs 3-7; text-fig 296-298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPachyceratidaeBuckman 1918
genusRollierites
speciesdimidiatum

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.

Rollierites dimidiatum Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.511.619.017.03.83
shell diameter345.835.055.050.010.4
shell inflation317.013.021.018.04.04

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: Late/Upper Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rollierites dimidiatum (171552 171598)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rollierites dimidiatum (type locality: 171593 171734 171737)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rollierites dimidiatum (171624)