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Ceratites comottii

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites comottii was named by von Mojsisovics (1880). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lenna in Val Brembana (Geol. Reichsanstalt coll), which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. artica, C. labiatus, C. multiseptatus, C. reiflingensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Ceratites comottii von Mojsisovics
1882Ceratites comottii von Mojsisovics

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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
speciescomottiivon Mojsisovics 1880

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 comottii von Mojsisovics 1880
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy Ceratites comottii (type locality: 136184)