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Rossiceras orobicum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Rossiceras orobicum was named by Fantini Sestini (1994). Its type specimen is N.9014, Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, Bergamo and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Val Parina, S746, which is in a Longobardian perireef or subreef limestone in the Esino Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Rossiceras orobicum Fantini Sestini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusRossiceras
speciesorobicum

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.

†Rossiceras orobicum Fantini Sestini 1994
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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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Bergamo) Rossiceras orobicum (211548 type locality: 211549)