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Spitidiscus meneghinii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychites meneghinii was named by Zigno (1919).

It was recombined as Spitidiscus meneghinii by Reboulet (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Polyptychites meneghinii Zigno
1996Spitidiscus meneghinii Reboulet p. 159 figs. Pl 32, figs 14,15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyHolcodiscidaeSpath 1924
subfamilySpitidiscinaeVermeulen and Thieuloy 1999
genusSpitidiscusKilian 1910
speciesmeneghinii(Zigno 1919)

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.

Spitidiscus meneghinii Zigno 1919
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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 Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 140.20000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Spitidiscus meneghinii (202851)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Italy Spitidiscus meneghinii (65577)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Spitidiscus meneghinii (202579 202590 202592 202594 202596 202598 202599 202607 202864 202866 202867 202868)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Morocco (Agadir) Spitidiscus meneghinii (37869)