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Breistrofferella castellanensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites castellanensis was named by D'Orbigny (1840).

It was recombined as Leopoldia castellanensis by Baumberger (1906); it was recombined as Breistrofferella castellanensis by Reboulet (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites castellanensis D'Orbigny
1906Leopoldia castellanensis Baumberger
1996Breistrofferella castellanensis Reboulet p. 123 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-4,18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusBreistrofferellaThieuloy 1971
speciescastellanensis(D'Orbigny 1840)

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: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Breistrofferella castellanensis (202578 202590 202591 202595 202598 202600 202863 202864 202865 202866 202867 202868 202869)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain (Comunidad Valenciana) Breistrofferella castellanensis (169141)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France (Provence) Leopoldia castellanensis (56061 56774 56775)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Morocco (Agadir) Breistrofferella castellanensis (37869)