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Oppelia mamertensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites mamertensis was named by Waagen (1869).

It was recombined as Oppelia mamertensis by Jeannet (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ammonites mamertensis Waagen
1951Oppelia mamertensis Jeannet p. 31 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2; text-fig 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusOppelia
speciesmamertensis(Waagen 1869)

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.

Oppelia mamertensis Waagen 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height264.957.074.065.512.0
shell diameter2106.990.0127.0108.526.2
shell inflation26.063.5010.57.004.95

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 Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Menabe) Oppelia mamertensis (234098)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Oppelia mamertensis (171556 171558 171581)