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Brevibelus

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida

Taxonomy
Brevibelus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Belemnitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. breviformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Brevibelus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
genusBrevibelus

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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†Brevibelus breviformis Voltz 1830
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 180.10000 to 170.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany B. breviformis (59454)
Concavum175.6 - 171.6Luxembourg B. breviformis (141485)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany B. breviformis (59457 59460 59461 59463 59473)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6Luxembourg B. breviformis (141471)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Iran B. breviformis (155327 155328 155329 155330)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Luxembourg B. breviformis (141468)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Luxembourg B. gingensis (141487)