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Trimarginites trimarginatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites trimarginatus was named by Oppel (1857). It is the type species of Oppelia (Trimarginites).

It was recombined as Trimarginites trimarginatus by Schlegelmilch (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ammonites trimarginatus Oppel
1994Trimarginites trimarginatus Schlegelmilch p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyGlochiceratinaeHyatt 1990
genusTrimarginites(Rollier 1909)
speciestrimarginatus(Oppel 1857)

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Trimarginites trimarginatus (98176)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Hungary Trimarginites trimarginatus (224887)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Trimarginites trimarginatus (12305 12307)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Trimarginites trimarginatus (163585)