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Macrocephalites madagascariensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Ammonites (Macrocephalites) ishmae, M. cadoceroides, M. jacquoti, M. macrocephalus, M. tuguriensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. ankazomihensis, M. chariensis, M. charriensis, M. compressus, M. evolutus, M. formosus, M. gracilis, M. jaquoti, M. mantaranus, M. rollieri, M. rotundus, M. sauvageti, M. sphaericus, M. triangularis, M. tumidus, M. verus, M. tumidus, M. etheridgei, M. inflata

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyMacrocephalitidae
genusMacrocephalites
speciesmadagascariensis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3China (Tibet) Macrocephalites madagascariensis (230271)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Boeny) Macrocephalites madagascariensis (234096)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Macrocephalites madagascariensis (98094 98128 98129 98155 98158 98185)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) Macrocephalites madagascariensis (98212)