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Juresanites colemanensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras colemanense was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 42-T-18, Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway, Coleman, which is in an Artinskian coastal shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Juresanites colemanensis by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Metalegoceras colemanense Plummer and Scott p. 282 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-7
1940Metalegoceras colemanense Miller and Furnish p. 101
1947Metalegoceras colemanense Miller and Youngquist p. 11
2002Juresanites colemanensis Leonova p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusJuresanitesMaximova 1940
speciescolemanensis()

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.

†Juresanites colemanensis Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height25.034.605.505.050.636
shell diameter222.920.026.223.14.38
shell inflation214.712.717.014.83.04

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Metalegoceras colemanense (113186)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Metalegoceras colemanense (75886 90007 101769 105720)