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Wellsia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Wellsia was named by Imlay (1957).

It was synonymized subjectively with Homolsomites by Wright et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Polyptychitinae by Imlay (1957) and Imlay (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Wellsia Imlay p. 275
1960Wellsia Imlay p. 205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusWellsia

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. †Wellsia Imlay 1957
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Wellsia packardi Anderson 1938
Wellsia vigorosa Imlay 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Canada (British Columbia) Homolsomites packardi (57080)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (Oregon) W. packardi (45688 83579 157773) W. vigorosa, W. packardi (45673)