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Ceratites compressus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites compressus was named by Sandberger-Philippi (1901).

It was recombined as Opheoceratites compressus by Schrammen (1928).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Ceratites compressus Sandberger-Philippi
1928Opheoceratites compressus Schrammen
1934Ceratites compressus Spath

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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
speciescompressusSandberger-Philippi 1901

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 compressus Sandberger-Philippi 1901
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Ceratites compressus (215586)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany Ceratites compressus (215587 215588 215589 215592 215608)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany Ceratites compressus (46362)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Poland Ceratites compressus (45420)