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Myloceras (Flindersites) flindersi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Labeceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras flindersi was named by McCoy (1867) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Cretaceous; eastern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hughenden Station, Flinders River [Tambo Series], which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Australia.

It was recombined as Flindersites flindersi by Whitehouse (1926); it was recombined as Myloceras flindersi by Glaessner (1958); it was recombined as Myloceras (Flindersites) flindersi by Klein et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ancyloceras flindersi McCoy p. 356
1926Flindersites flindersi Whitehouse p. 237
1958Myloceras flindersi Glaessner p. 217
2007Myloceras (Flindersites) flindersi Klein et al. p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyLabeceratidae
genusMylocerasSpath 1925
subgenusFlindersites(Whitehouse 1926)
speciesflindersi(McCoy 1867)

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.

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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Albian or 105.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Ancyloceras flindersi (222684)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Papua New Guinea Myloceras flindersi (174834)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Queensland) Flindersites flindersi (type locality: 83922)