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Hegaratites rheouisensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Hegaratites rheouisensis was named by Boughdiri et al. (1999). Its type specimen is FSL 338 793, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RHS21, Jebel Rheouis, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia. It is the type species of Hegaratites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Hegaratites rheouisensis Boughdiri et al. p. 112 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
genusHegaratites
speciesrheouisensis

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.

†Hegaratites rheouisensis Boughdiri et al. 1999
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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 Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Tunisia Hegaratites rheouisensis (type locality: 178459)