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Gravesia gigas

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites gigas was named by Zieten (1830). It is the type species of Gravesia.

It was recombined as Gravesia gigas by Scherzinger and Schweigert (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ammonites gigas Zieten
2016Gravesia gigas Scherzinger and Schweigert p. 290 figs. 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusGravesia
speciesgigas(Zieten 1830)

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.

Gravesia gigas Zieten 1830
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) Gravesia gigas (185668)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Gravesia gigas (193330)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Gravesia gigas (13412 13414)