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Gerhardia sartousiana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites sartousiana was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Gerhardia sartousiana by Benzaggagh (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites sartousiana d'Orbigny
2025Gerhardia sartousiana Benzaggagh p. 16 figs. 10H-L

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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
genusGerhardiaHyatt 1903
speciessartousiana(d'Orbigny 1841)

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.

Gerhardia sartousiana d'Orbigny 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.710.015.011.02.25
shell diameter520.417.025.520.53.54
shell inflation52.892.503.003.000.224

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 Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Gerhardia sartousiana (240072)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Gerhardia sartousiana (240070 240076)