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Oppelia (Oppelia)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy

Oppelia (Oppelia) was named by Waagen (1869). Its type is Ammonites subradiatus.

It was assigned to Oppelia by Besnosov and Mitta (1993).

Subtaxa

Oppelia (Oppelia) flexa, Oppelia (Oppelia) pleurifer, Oppelia (Oppelia) subradiata (syn. Oppelia propefusca, Harpoceras stevensoni)

Species lacking formal opinion data

Oppelia anar, Oppelia aspidoides, Oppelia callicera, Oppelia calloviensis, Oppelia lorioli, Oppelia nimbata, Oppelia prohecquensis, Oppelia subradiata, Oppelia subtilicostata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Oppelia (Oppelia) Waagen
1993	Oppelia (Oppelia) Besnosov and Mitta p. 35

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Haploceratina
superfamily	Haploceratoidea	(Zittel 1884)
family	Oppeliidae	Bonarelli 1894
genus	Oppelia
subgenus	Oppelia	Waagen 1869

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.

Subg. †Oppelia (Oppelia) Waagen 1869

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†Oppelia (Oppelia) flexa Buckman 1924

†Oppelia (Oppelia) pleurifer Buckman 1924

†Oppelia (Oppelia) subradiata d'Orbigny 1823

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Invalid names: Harpoceras stevensoni Gregorio 1886 [synonym], Oppelia propefusca Gregorio 1886 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Bajocian or 168.60000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	Egypt	Oppelia subradiata (170871)
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	Mexico (Oaxaca)	Oppelia subradiata (8065)
Humphresianum - Subfurcatum	170.9 - 168.2	Russian Federation	Oppelia subradiata, Oppelia flexa (187409)
Parkinsoni	170.9 - 168.2	United Kingdom	Oppelia subradiata (141364)
Subfurcatum	170.9 - 168.2	Turkmenistan	Oppelia subradiata, Oppelia pleurifer (187369)
Subfurcatum	170.9 - 168.2	Russian Federation	Oppelia subradiata, Oppelia flexa (187368)
Late/Upper Bajocian	168.6 - 168.2	Egypt	Oppelia subradiata (184588)