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Ceratites truncus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Discussion

The original name of the species was Ammonites horridus, but this name was corrected by hand to Ammonites truncus in some copies of the original publication, and so the name A. truncus is generally preferred (Diener 1907)

Taxonomy
Ammonites truncus was named by Oppel (1865). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kuling, Spiti, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in India.

It was recombined as Ceratites truncus by Diener (1907).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ammonites truncus Oppel
1907Ceratites truncus Diener

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyCeratitinaeMojsisovics 1879
genusCeratitesde Haan 1825
speciestruncus(Oppel 1865)

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.

Ceratites truncus Oppel 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Ammonites truncus (type locality: 206209) Ceratites truncus (206205 206206)