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Sverdrupites amundseni

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Spirolegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Sverdrupites amundseni was named by Nassichuk (1970). Its type specimen is GSC 24224 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-1930, St. Arnaud Hils, Sabine Peninsula, Melville Island, which is in a Roadian coastal sandstone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Sverdrupites amundseni Nassichuk p. 91 figs. Pl 21, figs 1,2,6; pl 22, figs 1-4,6-8; text-figs 10,11
2002Sverdrupites amundseni Leonova
2007Sverdrupites amundseni Leonova and Shilovsky p. 36 figs. Pl 5, figs 7,8
2014Sverdrupites amundseni Leonova and Shilovsky p. 1373 figs. Pl 2, figs 7,8; text-fig 6.4a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familySpirolegoceratidaeNassichuk 1970
subfamilySverdrupitinae
genusSverdrupites
speciesamundseni

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.

Sverdrupites amundseni Nassichuk 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height618.311.823.020.64.79
shell diameter638.525.050.742.09.06
shell inflation69.678.8011.09.500.812

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Nunavut) Sverdrupites amundseni (type locality: 90234 115642)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Sverdrupites amundseni (111240)