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Melchiorites rumanus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. cassidoides, M. emerici, M. haugi, M. indigenes, M. melchioris, M. shastensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. antanatanamirafaensis, M. falcistriatus, M. inornatus

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusMelchioritesSpath 1923
speciesrumanus

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 Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Morocco Melchiorites rumanus (82164 82165 82166 82167 82168)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Melchiorites rumanus (82154 82178 82179 82182 82183 82184 82185 82186 82187 82190)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Melchiorites rumanus (82306 82307 82308 82309 82324 82325)