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Dimorphoplites tethydis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites tethydis was named by Bayle (1878).

It was recombined as Dimorphoplites tethydis by Nagy (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. beresovkaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Hoplites tethydis Bayle figs. Pl 84, figs 1,2
1970Dimorphoplites tethydis Nagy p. 48 figs. Pl 6, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilyHoplitinaeDouvillé 1890
genusDimorphoplites
speciestethydis(Bayle 1878)

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: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Dimorphoplites tethydis (174873)