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Tirolites opiparus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tirolitidae

Taxonomy
Tirolites opiparus was named by Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva (2016). Its type specimen is DVGI 1/852, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kamenushka-1 section, sample 955-1, which is in a Spathian offshore siliciclastic in the Kamenushka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Tirolites opiparus Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva p. 230 figs. Pl 3, fig 3; text-figs 1c,d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyTirolitidae()
genusTirolitesMojsisovics 1879
speciesopiparus

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.

Tirolites opiparus Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height124.1
shell diameter168.2
shell inflation128.0

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Tirolites opiparus (type locality: 179365 179374 179375 179376 179377 179378)