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Garantiana (Pseudogarantiana) dichotoma

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Garantiana (Pseudogarantiana) dichotoma was named by Bentz (1928). It is the type species of Pseudogarantiana.

It was recombined as Pseudogarantiana dichotoma by Besnosov and Mitta (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Garantiana (Pseudogarantiana) dichotoma Bentz
1993Pseudogarantiana dichotoma Besnosov and Mitta p. 225
2015Garantiana (Pseudogarantiana) dichotoma Majidifard p. 33 figs. 4.2a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyGarantianinaeWetzel 1937
genusGarantianaMaschke 1907
subgenusPseudogarantiana
speciesdichotomaBentz 1928

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height25.593.957.905.932.79
shell diameter216.212.022.017.07.07
shell inflation26.745.059.007.032.79

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: Late/Upper Bajocian or 168.60000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Germany Garantiana dichotoma (62200)
Garantiana170.9 - 168.2Iran Garantiana dichotoma (175752)
Subfurcatum170.9 - 168.2Russian Federation Pseudogarantiana dichotoma (189059)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2France Garantiana dichotoma (240562)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Germany Garantiana dichotoma (62203)