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Mammites powelli

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mammites powelli was named by Kennedy et al. (1987). Its type specimen is OUM KT205, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Calvert Canyon, which is in a Turonian offshore shale in the Ojinaga Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Mammites powelli Kennedy et al. p. 42 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusMammitesLaube and Bruder 1887
speciespowelli

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.

Mammites powelli Kennedy et al. 1987
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Mammites powelli (4898 type locality: 80991)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Colombia Mammites powelli (46997 46998)