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Pectinatites (Pectinatites) tricostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Pectinatites (Pectinatites) tricostatus was named by Mesezhnikov (1984). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 754/688, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kheta River, outcrop 14 (Gavrilino Ulovo), Khatanga Basin, which is in a Tithonian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Pectinatites (Pectinatites) tricostatus Mesezhnikov p. 137 figs. Pl 54, fig 2; text-fig 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPseudovirgatitinaeSpath 1931
genusPectinatites
subgenusPectinatitesBuckman 1932
speciestricostatus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height144.0
shell diameter1110.0
shell inflation133.0

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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Pectinatites tricostatulus (type locality: 164352)