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Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) crassus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Dichotomites (Dichotomites) crassus was named by Kemper (1978) [DISTRIBUTION: Valanginian; Greenland, Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) crassus by Alsen (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Dichotomites (Dichotomites) crassus Kemper figs. pl. 4, fig. 3
2006Dichotomites (Prodichotomites) crassus Alsen p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusDichotomitesKoenen 1909
subgenusProdichotomites(Kemper 1971)
speciescrassus(Kemper 1978)

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Dichotomites crassus (83708)