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Jeletzkytes compressus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites compressus was named by Roemer (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Jeletzkytes compressus by Kennedy and Cobban (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Scaphites compressus Roemer p. 91 figs. pl. 15, fig. 1
1994Jeletzkytes compressus Kennedy and Cobban p. 1300

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusJeletzkytesRiccardi 1983
speciescompressus(Roemer 1841)

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.

Jeletzkytes compressus Roemer 1841
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Jeletzkytes compressus (83133)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Jeletzkytes compressus (64215)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Jeletzkytes compressus (31993)