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Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Taxonomy
Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii was named by Medina and Riccardi (2005) [TYPE LOCALITY: Estancia La Federica, Lago San Martin, Argentina (Lower Albian). TYPE REPOSITORY: MLP, Argentina]. Its type specimen is MLP30143 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Rio Mayer Fm (580 m) - Estancia La Federica, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Rio Mayer Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Piatnitzkyceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii Medina and Riccardi p. 268 figs. pl. 3, figs. 11-19

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

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.

Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii Medina and Riccardi 2005
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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 Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii (type locality: 159013)