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Lewyites oronensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Idiohamites oronensis was named by Lewy (1969) [DISTIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior, Israel.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Lewyites.

It was recombined as Lewyites oronensis by Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy (2000), Kennedy et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. clinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Idiohamites oronensis Lewy p. 127 figs. pl. 3, figs. 10, 11
1993Lewyites oronensis Kennedy and Cobban p. 424
2000Lewyites oronensis Kennedy p. 471 figs. 4.10, 5.5
2000Lewyites oronensis Kennedy et al. p. 16 figs. Pl 1, figs 17,18,21-28; pl 4, figs 8-11; text-fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusLewyites
speciesoronensis(Lewy 1969)

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.

†Lewyites oronensis Lewy 1969
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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 Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Colorado) Lewyites oronensis (178348 178528 178529 178532 178533 178537 178543)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Lewyites oronensis (83040 83043 83046 83050)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Iraq Lewyites oronensis (65989 178548)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Lewyites oronensis (83064)