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Arasella falcata

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Arasella falcata was named by Korn and Hairapetian (2021). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.29734, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baghuk Mountain C section, -0.05 m, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate lime mudstone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Arasella falcata Korn and Hairapetian p. 26 fig. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenodiscidaeFrech 1902
genusArasella
speciesfalcata

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.

†Arasella falcata Korn and Hairapetian 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.10
shell diameter125.1
shell inflation110.4

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran Arasella falcata (type locality: 223159 223182 223277)