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Morrowites wingi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mammites wingi was named by Morrow (1935). Its type specimen is Holotype (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Morrowites.

It was recombined as Morrowites wingi by Cobban and Hook (1983), Amédro and Hancock (1985), Kennedy and Gale (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Mammites wingi Morrow p. 467 figs. pl. 51, fig. 2
1983Morrowites wingi Cobban and Hook p. 9
1985Morrowites wingi Amédro and Hancock fig. 8e,f
2016Morrowites wingi Kennedy and Gale p. 270 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusMorrowites
specieswingi(Morrow 1935)

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.

Morrowites wingi Morrow 1935
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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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Morrowites wingi (174895 178852)