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Pseudaspenites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aspenitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Pseudaspenites Spath
1981Pseudaspenites Tozer p. 91
2022Pseudaspenites Đaković et al. p. 428

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilySagecerataceaeHyatt 1884
familyAspenitidae()
genusPseudaspenites

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. †Pseudaspenites Spath 1934
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†Pseudaspenites balinii Jenks et al. 2010
†Pseudaspenites evolutus Brayard and Bucher 2008
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Invalid names: Inyoites obliplicatus Chao 1959 [synonym], Inyoites striatus Chao 1959 [synonym]
†Pseudaspenites planus Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
†Pseudaspenites tenuis Chao 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1612.67.0036.011.08.57
shell diameter1626.015.073.223.115.3
shell inflation165.293.0011.05.502.27

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Olenekian or 250.50000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) P. muthianus (73236)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) P. layeriformis (139639 139642 139682)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) Inyoites striatus (44016) P. layeriformis (97135 97136 97151 97183 97184) P. layeriformis, P. evolutus (97150 97154 97194) P. layeriformis, P. evolutus, P. tenuis (97145 97149 97153) P. tenuis (97155)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation P. sp. (168042)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Serbia and Montenegro (Bar) P. layeriformis (213432)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Gunagxi) Aspenites tenuis (44000) Inyoites striatus, Inyoites obliplicatus, Aspenites tenuis (44014)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Oman P. layeriformis (73225 127402 127408)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Nevada) P. balinii (97117)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Indonesia (Timor) Aspenites layeriformis (205630)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2India (Himachal Pradesh) P. muthianus (73218 73220)
Dienerian - Spathian250.5 - 247.2China Inyoites obliplicatus, Aspenites tenuis (44006)