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Orthosphinctes (Orthosphinctes) wemodingensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes wemodingensis was named by Wegele (1929).

It was recombined as Orthosphinctes (Orthosphinctes) wemodingensis by Schlegelmilch (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Perisphinctes wemodingensis Wegele
1994Orthosphinctes (Orthosphinctes) wemodingensis Schlegelmilch p. 65 figs. Pl 22, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyAtaxioceratinaeBuckman 1921
genusOrthosphinctesSchindewolf 1925
subgenusOrthosphinctesSchindewolf 1925
specieswemodingensis(Wegele 1929)

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.

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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: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Bavaria) Orthosphinctes wemodingensis (212931)