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Coahuilites sheltoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Coahuilites sheltoni was named by Böse (1928). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Coahuilites sheltoni Böse pp. 283-284 figs. pl. 13, figs. 4-11
1996Coahuilites sheltoni Kennedy et al. p. 6 figs. 2, 3, 4B
2003Coahuilites sheltoni Landman and Cobban p. 13 figs. 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familySphenodiscidae
genusCoahuilites
speciessheltoni

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.

Coahuilites sheltoni Böse 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height272.463.482.773.013.6
shell diameter2128.6111.0149.0130.026.9
shell inflation27.214.6011.37.954.74

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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Coahuilites sheltoni (88237 88238)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Coahuilites sheltoni (178280 178281 178282 178283 178284 178308)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Coahuilites sheltoni (178309)