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Protothurmannia rezanoffiana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Protothurmannia rezanoffiana was named by Crickmay (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Protothurmannia rezanoffiana type locality, which is in a Tithonian marine shale in the Franciscan Formation of California. It is the type species of Protothurmannia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Protothurmannia rezanoffiana Crickmay p. 2 figs. Pis. 1, 2
1945Protothurmannia rezanoffiana Anderson p. 981 figs. Plate 4, figure 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusProtothurmannia
speciesrezanoffiana

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: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) Protothurmannia rezanoffiana (type locality: 225935)