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Mitonia constricta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mitonia constricta was named by Renz (1982). Its type specimen is Re6799-105, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Assemblage 1, La Morita [Chejendé Mbr, La Luna Fm], which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the La Luna Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Mitonia constricta Renz p. 96 figs. pl. 29, figs. 18a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusMitoniaRenz and Alvarez 1979
speciesconstricta

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.

†Mitonia constricta Renz 1982
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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 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela Mitonia constricta (type locality: 88078)