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Kotetishvilia sauvageaui

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites sauvageaui was named by Hermite (1879). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Kotetishvilia sauvageaui by Benzaggagh (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Ammonites sauvageaui Hermite
2025Kotetishvilia sauvageaui Benzaggagh p. 15 figs. 10C-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPulchelliaceaeDouvillé 1890
familyPulchelliidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyPsilotissotiinaeVermuelen 1995
genusKotetishviliaVermeulen 1997
speciessauvageaui(Hermite 1879)

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.

Kotetishvilia sauvageaui Hermite 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.711.012.012.00.447
shell diameter519.317.520.020.01.10
shell inflation51.641.002.002.000.447

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: Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Kotetishvilia sauvageaui (82195 82196)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Kotetishvilia sauvageaui (240070 240076)