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Amaltheus repressus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Amaltheus (Proamaltheus) repressus was named by Dagis (1976). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Amaltheus repressus by Nakada et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. clevelandicus, A. complanatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Amaltheus (Proamaltheus) repressus Dagis
2021Amaltheus repressus Nakada et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)
genusAmaltheusde Montfort 1808
speciesrepressus(Dagis 1976)

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.

†Amaltheus repressus Dagis 1976
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan (Toyama) Amaltheus repressus (222651 222653)