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Marathonites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Stacheoceras (Marathonites) Böse p. 133
1990Marathonites Bogoslovskaya p. 71
2002Marathonites Leonova
2002Marathonites Sepkoski
2006Marathonites Korn
2009Marathonites Furnish et al. p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMarathonitoidea(Ruzhencev 1938)
familyMarathonitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusMarathonites()

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.

G. †Marathonites Böse 1919
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Subg. †Marathonites (Marathonites) Böse 1919
Marathonites jpsmithi Böse 1919
Marathonites moorei Plummer and Scott 1937
Marathonites uralensis Ruzhentsev 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height145.513.3011.95.002.36
shell diameter1412.07.7024.011.74.69
shell inflation141.640.6502.452.000.669

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Wordian or 307.00000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Vidrioceras moorei (128644)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation M. uralensis (172265 172266 172269 172270 172292)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) M. sp. (43488) M. vidriensis (128581) Stacheoceras jpsmithi, Stacheoceras vidriensis (128585) Vidrioceras moorei (128645)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Kazakhstan M. sp. (81345 81357)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) M. sp. (43482)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan M. sp. (156577)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Guangdong) M. guangdongensis (105439)