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Paradicostella hautevillelompnesensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Paradicostella hautevillelompnesensis was named by Pictet et al. (2025). Its type specimen is MGL.110475, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hauteville-Lompnes, which is in a Valanginian carbonate marl in the Grand Essert Formation of France. It is the type species of Paradicostella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Paradicostella hautevillelompnesensis Pictet et al. p. 83 fig. 5F,G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusParadicostella
specieshautevillelompnesensis

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
partNmean
shell height135.8
shell diameter182.4
shell inflation124.8

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 Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France (Ain) Paradicostella hautevillelompnesensis (type locality: 240097)