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Oxycerites (Oxycerites) yeovilensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oppelia yeovilensis was named by Rollier (1911).

It was recombined as Oxycerites yeovilensis by Majidifard (2015); it was recombined as Oxycerites (Oxycerites) yeovilensis by Besnosov and Mitta (1993), Zatoń (2010) and Seyed-Emami et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. aspioides, O. discus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Oppelia yeovilensis Rollier p. 305
1919Oppelia nivernensis de Grossouvre
1925Gonoxyites limosus Buckman
1993Oxycerites (Oxycerites) yeovilensis Besnosov and Mitta p. 46 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1993Oxycerites (Oxycerites) limosus Besnosov and Mitta p. 47 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4
2010Oxycerites (Oxycerites) yeovilensis Zatoń p. 77 figs. Pl 2, figs C-I; text-figs 5, 11H
2015Oxycerites yeovilensis Majidifard p. 29 figs. 3.8a-b
2018Oxycerites (Oxycerites) yeovilensis Seyed-Emami et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusOxycerites
subgenusOxycerites
speciesyeovilensis(Rollier 1911)

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.

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Invalid names: Gonoxyites limosus Buckman 1925 [synonym], Oppelia nivernensis de Grossouvre 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height429.222.034.231.05.31
shell diameter451.040.058.054.07.90
shell inflation44.443.805.204.450.680

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Parkinsoni to the top of the Middle Bathonian or 171.60000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7Poland Oxycerites yeovilensis (186771)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Iran Oxycerites yeovilensis (175749)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Turkmenistan Oxycerites yeovilensis (187416) Oxycerites yeovilensis, Oxycerites limosus (187414 187415)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Iran (Damghan) Oxycerites yeovilensis (199163)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation Oxycerites limosus (188456)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland Oxycerites yeovilensis (186722 186764 186772 186773)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Germany Oxycerites yeovilensis (62252)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland Oxycerites yeovilensis (186765 186767 186774 186775 186776 186777 186778)