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Vercherites vercherei

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Galfettitidae

Taxonomy
Koninckites vercherei was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kotela (Rotta Roh), Khisor Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate marl in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Paranorites vercherei by Spath (1934); it was recombined as Vercherites vercherei by Brühwiler et al. (2010) and Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Koninckites vercherei Waagen p. 265 figs. Pl 30, fig 1
1934Paranorites vercherei Spath
2010Vercherites vercherei Brühwiler et al. p. 732
2012Vercherites vercherei Brühwiler and Bucher p. 64 figs. 40A-M, 41A-N, 42I-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyGalfettitidae
genusVercherites
speciesvercherei()

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.

Vercherites vercherei Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height133.0
shell diameter174.0
shell inflation117.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan Koninckites vercherei (143835) Vercherites vercherei (139066 139144 140322)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Pakistan Paranorites vercherei (215027 215029)