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Sellanarcestes perfectus

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae

Taxonomy
Sellanarcestes perfectus was named by Chlupac and Turek (1983). Its type specimen is CM L19326, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praha-Hlubocepy (upper Trebotov limestone, Dalejan), which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Trebotov Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Sellanarcestes perfectus Chlupac and Turek p. 87 figs. Pl 21, figs 10-13; pl 29, figs 4,5; pl 32, fig 4; text-fig 19
2002Sellanarcestes perfectus Korn and Klug p. 126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890
genusSellanarcestesSchindewolf 1933
speciesperfectus

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.

†Sellanarcestes perfectus Chlupac and Turek 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height415.113.517.015.01.49
shell diameter447.642.058.046.07.12
shell inflation420.516.027.020.24.77

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Devonian or 402.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) Sellanarcestes perfectus (12183)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Sellanarcestes perfectus (12148)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic Sellanarcestes perfectus (type locality: 172686 172740 181034)