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Dorsoplanites subovalis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Dorsoplanites subovalis was named by Mesezhnikov (1984). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 543/688, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dyabakatara River, bed 5, Taimyr Peninsula, which is in a Tithonian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Dorsoplanites subovalis Mesezhnikov p. 141 figs. Pl 47, fig 3; pl 48, fig 3; pl 52, fig 3; text-fig 57

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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
subfamilyDorsoplanitinaeArkell 1950
genusDorsoplanites
speciessubovalis

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.

Dorsoplanites subovalis Mesezhnikov 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height221.218.923.821.43.46
shell diameter258.951.068.059.512.0
shell inflation225.8--25.8-

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: Middle Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Dorsoplanites subovalis (type locality: 164326 164334)