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Menabites (Delawarella) delawarensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites delawarensis was named by Morton (1830). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras delawarensis by Weller (1907); it was recombined as Menabites (Delawarella) delawarensis by Kennedy (1986), Cobban and Kennedy (1992), Cobban and Kennedy (1992), Kennedy and Cobban (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. austinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ammonites delawarensis Morton p. 244 figs. pl. 2, fig. 4
1907Mortoniceras delawarensis Weller p. 837
1986Menabites (Delawarella) delawarensis Kennedy p. 81 figs. Pl 11, figs 3,4; text-fig 30
1992Menabites (Delawarella) delawarensis Cobban and Kennedy p. 73 figs. Pl 6, fig 9
1993Menabites (Delawarella) delawarensis Kennedy and Cobban p. 836

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusMenabitesCollignon 1948
subgenusDelawarellaCollignon 1948
speciesdelawarensis(Morton 1830)

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.

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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: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Delaware) Menabites delawarensis (88607)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) Delawarella delawarensis (201737)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Maryland) Menabites delawarensis (27571 82386)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Menabites delawarensis (88608 88609)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Menabites delawarensis (88606 88610 188337)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Menabites delawarensis (165890 165891)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Menabites delawarensis (221086)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Delawarella delawarensis (6658 6660)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Menabites delawarensis (73635)