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Menuites sanadai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Menuites sanadai was named by Matsumoto (1984). Its type specimen is GK. H5969, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. T5011 - Uttsu [Yezo Gp], which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Menuites sanadai Matsumoto pp. 17-18 figs. pl. 5, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusMenuitesSpath 1922
speciessanadai

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.

†Menuites sanadai Matsumoto 1984
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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: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Menuites sanadai (type locality: 87024 87027)