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Ringsteadia (Decipia) haliarchus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes haliarchus was named by Neumayr (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ciofronca (GBA collection), which is in a Kimmeridgian carbonate limestone in Romania.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Decipia decipiens, Decipia girardoti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Perisphinctes haliarchus Neumayr
2009Ringsteadia (Decipia) haliarchus Grigore and Marcu p. 352 figs. Pl 1, fig 3

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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
genusRingsteadia
subgenusDecipia
specieshaliarchus(Neumayr 1873)

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Perisphinctes haliarchus (198388 198398) Ringsteadia haliarchus (198359)