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Arcestes tenuis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes tenuis was named by Pompeckj (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Garmisch, which is in a Rhaetian marine shale in the Kossen Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Arcestes tenuis Pompeckj p. 5 figs. Pl 2, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusArcestesSuess 1865
speciestenuis

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.

Arcestes tenuis Pompeckj 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.0
shell diameter126.0
shell inflation13.50

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany Arcestes tenuis (type locality: 173610)