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Pectinatites (Pectinatites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Pectinatites (Pectinatites) was named by Buckman (1932).

It was assigned to Pectinatites by Mesezhnikov (1984).

Subtaxa

Pectinatites (Pectinatites) fedorovi, Pectinatites (Pectinatites) groenlandicus, Pectinatites (Pectinatites) tricostatus

Species lacking formal opinion data

Pectinatites boidini, Pectinatites tricostatulus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1932	Pectinatites (Pectinatites) Buckman
1984	Pectinatites (Pectinatites) Mesezhnikov p. 136

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Pseudovirgatitinae	Spath 1931
genus	Pectinatites
subgenus	Pectinatites	Buckman 1932

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.

Subg. †Pectinatites (Pectinatites) Buckman 1932

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†Pectinatites (Pectinatites) fedorovi Mesezhnikov 1974

†Pectinatites (Pectinatites) groenlandicus Spath 1936

†Pectinatites (Pectinatites) tricostatus Mesezhnikov 1984

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	3	50.3	44.0	58.4	49.5	7.27
shell diameter	3	120.7	110.0	139.0	115.0	15.5
shell inflation	3	31.6	29.9	33.0	32.0	1.58

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 Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk)	Pectinatites fedorovi (164331) Pectinatites groenlandicus, Pectinatites fedorovi (164354) Pectinatites tricostatulus (164352)