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Dufrenoyia rebeccae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae

Taxonomy
Dufrenoyia rebeccae was named by Young (1974). Its type specimen is WSA-14641, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Old Palm Ranch, Rebecca Creek (Hammett Shale), which is in an Aptian marine shale in the Hammett Shale Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Dufrenoyia rebeccae Young p. 196 figs. Pl 8, figs 6,7,12,13; text-figs 4d,e,f, 5q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDeshayesitoidea(Stoyanow 1949)
familyDeshayesitidaeStoyanow 1949
subfamilyDeshayesitinae
genusDufrenoyia(Kilian and Reboul 1915)
speciesrebeccae

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.

Dufrenoyia rebeccae Young 1974
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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 Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57USA (Texas) Dufrenoyia rebeccae (type locality: 52912)