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Holzapfeloceras primum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sobolewiidae

Taxonomy
Wedekindella prima was named by Chlupac and Turek (1983). Its type specimen is CM L17783, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Holyne, V rokli quarry (Chotec limestone), which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Chotec Formation of Czechia.

It was recombined as Holzapfeloceras primum by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Wedekindella prima Chlupac and Turek p. 70 figs. Pl 18, figs 11-13; text-fig 14
2002Holzapfeloceras primum Korn and Klug p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familySobolewiidaeHouse 1989
genusHolzapfelocerasMiller 1932
speciesprimum()

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.

Holzapfeloceras primum Chlupac and Turek 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.00
shell diameter114.0
shell inflation11.50

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Barrandia) Wedekindella prima (12252)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia Wedekindella prima (172687 172731 type locality: 172736)