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Protetragonites crebrisulcatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras crebrisulcatum was named by Uhlig (1883) [DISTRIBUTION: Barremian; Europe; western Africa.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hemitetragonites crebrisulcatus by Collignon (1962); it was recombined as Protetragonites crebrisulcatus by Förster (1975), Wiedmann (1979) and Vasicek et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Lytoceras crebrisulcatum Uhlig
1956Protetragonites mediocris Druschtschitz p. 97 figs. Pl 6, fig 21; text-fig 42
1962Hemitetragonites crebrisulcatus Collignon p. 5 figs. Pl 217, fig 948
1975Protetragonites crebrisulcatus Förster p. 145 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1979Protetragonites crebrisulcatus Wiedmann p. 284
2014Protetragonites crebrisulcatus Vasicek et al. p. 147 figs. 5A,B, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
familyProtetragonitidaeSpath 1927
genusProtetragonites
speciescrebrisulcatus(Uhlig 1883)

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.

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Invalid names: Protetragonites mediocris Druschtschitz 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.388.3010.69.451.63
shell diameter227.624.531.227.94.74
shell inflation212.411.014.012.52.12

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: base of the Barremian to the top of the Albian or 129.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Protetragonites crebrisulcatus (157590)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Protetragonites crebrisulcatus (177726)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Serbia and Montenegro Protetragonites crebrisulcatus (169572 169574 169577 169578 169579 169583 169588 169589 169592 169594 169601 169603)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Western Sahara Protetragonites crebrisulcatus (82498)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Jaen) Protetragonites crebrisulcatus (2267 2269 2270 2273)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Murcia) Protetragonites crebrisulcatus (2302 2304 2309 2311 2319 2322 2323 2326 2343 2344 2348 2353 2357 2366)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mozambique Protetragonites crebrisulcatus (174621)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Hemitetragonites crebrisulcatus (98264)