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Raspailites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy

Raspailites was named by Jeannet (1951).

It was assigned to Peltoceratinae by Jeannet (1951).

Species

R. dunensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1951	Raspailites Jeannet p. 192

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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	Aspidoceratoidea	Zittel 1895
family	Aspidoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Peltoceratinae	Spath 1924
genus	Raspailites

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.

G. †Raspailites Jeannet 1951

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†Raspailites dunensis Prieser 1937

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	21.5	18.5	25.0	21.8	4.60
shell diameter	2	63.3	53.5	75.0	64.2	15.2
shell inflation	2	27.7	22.5	34.0	28.2	8.13

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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Switzerland	R. sp. C (171571)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Switzerland	R. sp. A, R. dunensis (171566) R. sp. A, R. sp. B, R. sp. D, R. dunensis (171562) R. sp. B, R. dunensis (171559)