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Oxycerites (Paroecotraustes) formosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oecotraustes (Paroecotraustes) formosus was named by Arkell (1951).

It was recombined as Oxycerites (Paroecotraustes) formosus by Besnosov and Mitta (1993) and Zatoń (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Oecotraustes (Paroecotraustes) formosus Arkell
1993Oxycerites (Paroecotraustes) formosus Besnosov and Mitta p. 54 figs. Pl 4, fig 4
2010Oxycerites (Paroecotraustes) formosus Zatoń p. 87 figs. P l3, fig J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusOxyceritesSpath 1928
subgenusParoecotraustes
speciesformosus(Arkell 1951)

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: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Uzbekistan Oxycerites formosus (187818)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland Oxycerites formosus (186773)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Germany Oecotraustes formosus (62252)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland Oxycerites formosus (186766 186777)