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Stoyanowites aspinosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Dzhulfitidae

Taxonomy
Stoyanowites aspinosus was named by Korn and Ghaderi (2016). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.25458, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aras Valley, -0.95 m, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Ali Bashi Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Stoyanowites aspinosus Korn and Ghaderi p. 885 fig. 43
2021Stoyanowites aspinosus Korn and Hairapetian p. 100 fig. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyDzhulfitidae
genusStoyanowites
speciesaspinosus

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.

Stoyanowites aspinosus Korn and Ghaderi 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height216.614.518.916.73.11
shell diameter256.650.463.557.09.26
shell inflation226.022.330.426.45.73

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 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran Stoyanowites aspinosus (181457 181475 type locality: 181485 181488 223118 223144 223200)