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Uptonia angusta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites jamesoni angustus was named by Quenstedt (1849).

It was recombined as Uptonia angusta by Bremer (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
U. dayiceratoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Ammonites jamesoni angustus Quenstedt
1965Uptonia angusta Bremer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusUptoniaBuckman 1898
speciesangusta(Quenstedt 1849)

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.

†Uptonia angusta Quenstedt 1849
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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: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Jamesoni or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Uptonia angusta (218660)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Uptonia angusta (218407)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Uptonia angusta (218657 218658)