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Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) kysylalmensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) kysylalmensis was named by Besnosov (1993). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 115/1199 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kyzylalma, Kugitangtau range (near the top of the Tangiduval Fm), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Tangiduval Formation of Uzbekistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) kysylalmensis Besnosov p. 147 figs. Pl 28, fig 1

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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
genusGracilisphinctes
subgenusGracilisphinctesBuckman 1920
specieskysylalmensis

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
No measurements are available
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 Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Uzbekistan Gracilisphinctes kysylalmensis (type locality: 188471 188477 188478)