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Ringsteadia (Decipia)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Decipia was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Ringsteadia (Decipia) by Grigore and Marcu (2009).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ringsteadia by Grigore and Marcu (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Decipia Sepkoski
2009Ringsteadia (Decipia) Grigore and Marcu p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusRingsteadia
subgenusDecipia

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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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain (Pais Vasco) Decipia decipiens (78221)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain Decipia sp. (67866)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Decipia decipiens, Decipia dewari, Decipia topalensis, Decipia latecosta, Decipia girardoti (12305) Decipia decipiens, Decipia latecosta, Decipia girardoti, Decipia gigantoplex, Decipia schmidti (12304) Decipia latecosta (12306) Decipia sp. (4789)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Perisphinctes haliarchus (198388 198398) Ringsteadia haliarchus (198359) Ringsteadia helvetica (198345)