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Fagesia superstes

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Olcostephanus superstes was named by Kossmat (1897). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Fagesia superstes by Chancellor (1982), Renz (1982), Cobban and Hook (1983), Kennedy et al. (1987), Meister (1989), Kennedy and Simmons (1991), Kennedy (1994), Ifrim and Stinnesbeck (2007), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. thevestensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Olcostephanus superstes Kossmat p. 26 figs. pl. 6, fig. 1
1982Fagesia superstes Chancellor p. 106
1982Fagesia superstes Renz p. 78
1983Fagesia superstes Cobban and Hook pp. 15-16
1987Fagesia superstes Kennedy et al. p. 51
1989Fagesia superstes Meister p. 37
1991Fagesia superstes Kennedy and Simmons p. 141
1994Fagesia superstes Kennedy p. 260
2007Fagesia superstes Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 657
2009Fagesia superstes Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 31 figs. 9.1, 9.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusFagesiaPervinquiére 1907
speciessuperstes(Kossmat 1897)

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.

†Fagesia superstes Kossmat 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height454.620.0100.067.033.4
shell diameter4132.656.0230.0155.071.5
shell inflation449.620.080.062.026.3

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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Fagesia superstes (143131)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Fagesia superstes (88843 88846 88847 88854)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Fagesia superstes (87805)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Fagesia superstes (186921)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela Fagesia superstes (88078)