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Piatnitzkyceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Species
P. bonarellii (type species), P. infirmum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Piatnitzkyceras Medina and Riccardi pp. 265, 267

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familySilesitidaeHyatt 1900
genusPiatnitzkyceras

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.

G. †Piatnitzkyceras Medina and Riccardi 2005
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Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii Medina and Riccardi 2005
Piatnitzkyceras infirmum Medina and Riccardi 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height318.614.421.221.03.87
shell diameter350.441.062.050.310.5
shell inflation321.217.624.122.63.40

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 Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Argentina P. bonarellii (159013)