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Saghalinites wrighti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Saghalinites wrighti was named by Birkelund (1965) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. Its type specimen is MMH 9747, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oyster-ammonite Conglomerate loc. III, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore shale in Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Saghalinites wrighti Birkelund p. 30 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 2, figs 1-5; text-figs 14-25
1993Saghalinites wrighti Birkelund p. 45 figs. Pl 1, figs 6,7; pl 2, figs 1,3,4,6
1993Saghalinites wrighti Ward and Kennedy p. 21 figs. 19.3, 19.4, 19.8, 19.12, 20.1-20.3
2001Saghalinites wrighti Courville and Odin p. 531 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusSaghalinitesWright and Matsumoto 1954
specieswrighti

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.

†Saghalinites wrighti Birkelund 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.2
shell diameter138.9
shell inflation115.8

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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Saghalinites wrighti (213879)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) Saghalinites wrighti (214160)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria Saghalinites wrighti (83619)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Saghalinites wrighti (67406)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Saghalinites wrighti (67402 67404 67405 67407)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Greenland Saghalinites wrighti (70218 70221 type locality: 70223)