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Vorobyevites unicus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae

Taxonomy
Vorobyevites unicus was named by Shevyrev (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/557 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, right bank near bridge, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Vorobyevites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Vorobyevites unicus Shevyrev p. 42 figs. Pl 6, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyKhvalynitidae()
genusVorobyevites
speciesunicus

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.

Vorobyevites unicus Shevyrev 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height148.0
shell diameter180.0
shell inflation15.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Vorobyevites unicus (type locality: 99530)