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Rollierites tenue

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Rollierites tenue Jeannet p. 126 figs. Pl 47, figs 8,9; text-fig 299

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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
speciestenue

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 tenue Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.0
shell diameter144.0
shell inflation120.0

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 Middle Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rollierites tenue (type locality: 171605 171733)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rollierites tenue (171624)