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Alibashites ferdowsii

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dzhulfitidae

Taxonomy
Alibashites ferdowsii was named by Korn and Ghaderi (2016). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.25327, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aras Valley, float, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Ali Bashi Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Alibashites ferdowsii Korn and Ghaderi p. 871 fig. 30
2021Alibashites ferdowsii Korn and Hairapetian p. 73 figs. 48, 49

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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
genusAlibashites
speciesferdowsii

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.

Alibashites ferdowsii Korn and Ghaderi 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height318.217.120.317.51.74
shell diameter358.352.964.758.05.92
shell inflation325.422.928.924.73.08

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Alibashites ferdowsii (181475 181487 181488 181490 181492 type locality: 181509 223119 223120 223122 223123 223140 223143 223147 223148 223150 223152 223177 223198)