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Parrasiella rarifurcatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Durangites rarifurcatus was named by Imlay (1939). Its type specimen is UMMP 20088 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parrasiella rarifurcatus by Frau et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Durangites rarifurcatus Imlay p. 48 figs. Plate 17, figures 8, 9
1973Durangites rarifurcatus Verma and Westermann p. 262 figs. Pl 55, figs 8,9; pl 56, fig 1
2015Parrasiella rarifurcatus Frau et al. p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
genusParrasiella
speciesrarifurcatus(Imlay 1939)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 145.06000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Mexico Durangites rarifurcatus (197758 197968 197971)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) Durangites rarifurcatus (192495 192497)