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Peripetoceras comploji

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Peripetoceras comploji was named by Prinoth and Posenato (2007). Its type specimen is MNS JC63 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jmueia da Insom, Santa Cristina Val Gardena, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Peripetoceras comploji Prinoth and Posenato p. 157 figs. Pl 10, figs 3,4; pl 11, figs 1,2; pl 12, figs 1-3; text-figs 4P-R,5G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusPeripetoceras
speciescomploji

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.

Peripetoceras comploji Prinoth and Posenato 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height6113.086.0140.0117.024.6
shell diameter6179.6107.0260.0190.056.7
shell inflation622.215.028.026.07.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Peripetoceras comploji (type locality: 95454 95456 95458)