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Gerhardtia ultima

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae

Taxonomy
Gerhardtia ultima was named by Bert and Bersac (2024). Its type specimen is DBT.BC69, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-André-les-Alpes, section LAC, bed 244b, which is in a Barremian carbonate limestone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Gerhardtia ultima Bert and Bersac p. 3 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPulchelliaceaeDouvillé 1890
familyPulchelliidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyPulchelliinaeDouville 1890
genusGerhardtiaHyatt 1903
speciesultima

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.

Gerhardtia ultima Bert and Bersac 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height313.47.5018.517.26.00
shell diameter329.419.840.831.310.5
shell inflation35.884.307.826.041.76

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: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Gerhardtia ultima (type locality: 236206 236207 236208 236209 236210)