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Coahuilites orynskii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Coahuilites orynskii was named by Böse (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mesillas near San Patricio [Escondido beds], which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/shale in the Escondido Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Coahuilites orynskii Böse pp. 287-288 figs. pl. 14, figs. 1-3

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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)
familySphenodiscidae
genusCoahuilites
speciesorynskii

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 orynskii Böse 1928
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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 Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Coahuilites orynskii (type locality: 88238)