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Praeoppelia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Bradfordia (Praeoppelia) was named by Westermann (1969).

It was reranked as Praeoppelia by Galácz (2015).

It was assigned to Bradfordia by Westermann (1969); and to Bradfordiinae by Galácz (2015).

Subtaxa
P. gracililobata, P. oppeliiformis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. concava, P. platyomphala, P. subplicatella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Bradfordia (Praeoppelia) Westermann p. 48
2015Praeoppelia Galácz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyBradfordiinaeDonovan et al. 1981
genusPraeoppelia()

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.

G. †Praeoppelia Westermann 1969
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†Praeoppelia oppeliiformis Westermann 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height245.935.858.947.316.3
shell diameter283.865.0108.086.530.4
shell inflation27.756.0010.08.002.83

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 Late/Upper Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.70000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Italy P. gracililobata (198949 198950) P. platyomphala, P. subplicatella (198951 198955 198956) P. platyomphala, P. subplicatella, P. gracililobata (198946)
Concavum174.7 - 170.9Morocco P. concava, P. sp. (141215) P. sp. (141203 141213) P. sp., P. concava (141214)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Morocco P. sp. (141219)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Bradfordia oppeliiformis (175617)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Hungary P. gracililobata (220904)
Discites170.9 - 168.2USA (Alaska) Bradfordia oppeliiformis (175619 175623 175624)
Discites170.9 - 168.2Morocco P. sp. (141236)