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Menabites (Bererella)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Menabites (Bererella) was named by Collignon (1948). Its type is Menabites (Bererella) bererensis.

It was assigned to Menabites by Collignon (1948), Kennedy and Cobban (1993) and Kennedy et al. (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Menabites (Bererella) Collignon p. 22
1993Menabites (Bererella) Kennedy and Cobban p. 841
1997Menabites (Bererella) Kennedy et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusMenabitesCollignon 1948
subgenusBererellaCollignon 1948

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.

Subg. †Menabites (Bererella) Collignon 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1424.67.4063.528.817.5
shell diameter1460.617.0161.071.243.5
shell inflation1419.65.5050.220.913.9

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 Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Menabites walnutensis (82387)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Menabites sp. (88608)