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Oraniceras fretensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parkinsoniidae

Taxonomy
Parkinsonia compressa fretensis was named by Wetzel (1950). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Oraniceras fretensis by Besnosov and Mitta (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Parkinsonia compressa fretensis Wetzel
1993Oraniceras fretensis Besnosov and Mitta p. 209 figs. Pl 48, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyParkinsoniidaeBuckman 1920
genusOraniceras
speciesfretensis(Wetzel 1950)

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.

Oraniceras fretensis Wetzel 1950
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Middle Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation Oraniceras fretensis (188911 189043 189047)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Germany Parkinsonia fretensis (62252)