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Arcestes muensteri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes muensteri was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stuores meadow near San Cassiano (GBA coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Proarcestes muensteri by Arthaber (1915), Ogilvie Gordon (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. angustus, A. carinatus, A. subtornatus, A. sundaicus, A. varinatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Arcestes muensteri von Mojsisovics
1915Proarcestes muensteri Arthaber
1927Proarcestes muensteri Ogilvie Gordon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusArcestesSuess 1865
speciesmuensteri

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.

†Arcestes muensteri von Mojsisovics 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Proarcestes muensteri (204518 204521)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Arcestes muensteri (type locality: 171160)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Proarcestes muensteri (205149)