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Paranarcestes pictus

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae

Taxonomy
Paranarcestes pictus was named by Chlupac and Turek (1983). Its type specimen is CM L19441, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Husak quarry, Koneprusy, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Suchomasty Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Paranarcestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Paranarcestes pictus Chlupac and Turek p. 103 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-8; pl 32, fig 6; text-fig 26
2002Paranarcestes pictus Korn and Klug p. 129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890
genusParanarcestes
speciespictus

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.

Paranarcestes pictus Chlupac and Turek 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height87.794.5014.07.703.19
shell diameter821.313.035.021.27.55
shell inflation86.784.0011.06.752.59

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Devonian or 402.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) Paranarcestes pictus (12183)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Paranarcestes pictus (38783)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic Paranarcestes pictus (type locality: 181035)