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Pomerania (Pachypictonia) albinea

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites albineus was named by Oppel (1862). Its type specimen is SNSB-BSPG AS VIII 33 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ridge above Laufen on the Eyach, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine limestone in Germany.

It was recombined as Pomerania (Pachypictonia) albinea by Geyer (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ammonites albineus Oppel p. 161 figs. Tab 50, Fig 3a,b
1961Pomerania (Pachypictonia) albinea Geyer p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPictoniinaeSpath 1924
genusPomeraniaSchneid 1940
subgenusPachypictonia
speciesalbinea()

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: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ammonites albineus (type locality: 234327)