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Pseudosilesites russoi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Parasilesites russoi was named by Leanza (1970).

It was recombined as Silesites russoi by Riccardi et al. (1987); it was recombined as Pseudosilesites russoi by Medina and Riccardi (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Parasilesites russoi Leanza p. 225 figs. fig. 23: 1-2
1987Silesites russoi Riccardi et al. p. 119
2005Pseudosilesites russoi Medina and Riccardi p. 257

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusPseudosilesitesEgoian 1969
speciesrussoi(Leanza 1970)

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.

Pseudosilesites russoi Leanza 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1014.47.0019.416.44.05
shell diameter1036.316.550.439.911.0
shell inflation1012.45.0018.614.34.43

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 Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina Pseudosilesites russoi (63983 63996 64151 64152 64154 64156 64159 64161)