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Zelandites perezi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Zelandites perezi was named by McLearn (1972). Its type specimen is GSC 21198, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. befamontoensis, Z. dozai dozai, Z. japonicus, Z. kawanoi, Z. mihoensis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-03-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Zelandites perezi McLearn p. 41 figs. pl. 16, figs. 5a, b

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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
subfamilyGaudryceratinae(Spath 1927)
genusZelandites
speciesperezi

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.

†Zelandites perezi McLearn 1972
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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: Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Zelandites perezi (87476 87486 87662)