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Ectolcites childerhosei

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Distichitidae

Taxonomy
Ectolcites childerhosei was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 72205 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 98885, Childerhose Coulee, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Ectolcites childerhosei Tozer p. 199 figs. Pl 143, figs 10-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyDistichitidaeDiener 1920
genusEctolcitesMojsisovics 1893
specieschilderhosei

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height211.48.5015.411.94.88
shell diameter234.625.048.036.516.3
shell inflation215.411.021.616.37.50

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Ectolcites childerhosei (141661 type locality: 141733)