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Marshallites cumshewaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Haploceras cumshewaensis was named by Whiteaves (1884) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian-Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) cumshewaense by Anderson (1958); it was recombined as Marshallites cumshewaensis by McLearn (1972), Kennedy and Klinger (1985) and Alabushev (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Haploceras cumshewaensis Whiteaves p. 208 figs. pl. 24, fig. 1
1958Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) cumshewaense Anderson p. 241
1972Marshallites cumshewaensis McLearn p. 53
1985Marshallites cumshewaensis Kennedy and Klinger p. 167
1995Marshallites cumshewaensis Alabushev fig. 7I,K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyMarshallitinaeMatsumoto 1955
genusMarshallitesMatsumoto 1955
speciescumshewaensis(Whiteaves 1884)

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.

†Marshallites cumshewaensis Whiteaves 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 105.30000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Marshallites cumshewaensis (87476 87479 87490 87697)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Alaska) Marshallites cumshewaensis (88619)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Russian Federation Marshallites cumshewaensis (169555)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (British Columbia) Marshallites cumshewaensis (87690 87714 87720)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Madagascar Marshallites cumshewaensis (46613)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8South Africa Marshallites cumshewaensis (82457)