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Pectinatites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Pectinatites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pseudovirgatitinae by Mesezhnikov (1984); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. (Pectinatites)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. boidini, P. tricostatulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Pectinatites Mesezhnikov p. 136
2002Pectinatites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPseudovirgatitinaeSpath 1931
genusPectinatites

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height350.344.058.449.57.27
shell diameter3120.7110.0139.0115.015.5
shell inflation331.629.933.032.01.58

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Hauterivian or 150.80000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. boidini (212946 212977)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) P. fedorovi (164331) P. groenlandicus, P. fedorovi (164354) P. tricostatulus (164352)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (212486)