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Zenostephanus ranbyensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Aulacostephanus (Xenostephanus) ranbyensis was named by Arkell and Callomon (1963). It is the type species of Zenostephanus.

It was recombined as Zonovia (Xenostephanus) ranbyensis by Mesezhnikov (1984); it was recombined as Zenostephanus ranbyensis by Callomon et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Aulacostephanus (Xenostephanus) ranbyensis Arkell and Callomon p. 232 figs. Pl 28, fig 1; pl 29, fig 4
1984Zonovia (Xenostephanus) ranbyensis Mesezhnikov p. 118 figs. Pl 28, fig 3
2009Zenostephanus ranbyensis Callomon et al. p. 671

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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
genusZenostephanus
speciesranbyensis(Arkell and Callomon 1963)

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.

Zenostephanus ranbyensis Arkell and Callomon 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Zonovia ranbyensis (163996)