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Paratirolites birunii

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dzhulfitidae

Taxonomy
Paratirolites birunii was named by Korn and Ghaderi (2016). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.25200, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ali Bashi 4, -3.20 m, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Ali Bashi Formation of Iran.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Paratirolites birunii Korn and Ghaderi p. 861 fig. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyDzhulfitidae
genusParatirolites
speciesbirunii

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.

Paratirolites birunii Korn and Ghaderi 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height524.517.529.627.24.87
shell diameter570.453.781.677.011.7
shell inflation529.523.134.832.45.27

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Paratirolites birunii (type locality: 181443 181465 181470 181475 181509)