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Westermannites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Westermannites was named by Dietze et al. (2001).

It was assigned to Stephanoceratidae by Galácz (2015) and Dietze et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Westermannites Dietze et al.
2015Westermannites Galácz
2017Westermannites Dietze et al. p. 185

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
genusWestermannitesDietze et al. 2001

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.

G. †Westermannites Dietze et al. 2001
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Westermannites parvus Géczy 1967
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 Bajocian to the top of the Aalenian or 171.60000 to 170.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Italy W. parvus (198950)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Hungary W. parvus, W. chocsinskyi (220904)