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Indocephalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Indocephalites Arkell et al. p. 294
2002Indocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyMacrocephalitidae
genusIndocephalites

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: Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) I. transitorius, I. kheraensis, I. chrysoolithicus (98168)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5China I. diadematus, I. chryssolithicus (64861) I. sp. (64862)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Gujarat) I. sp. (46397)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Boeny) I. chrysoolithicus (234096)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) I. chrysoolithicus, I. diadematus, I. transitorius (98171) I. transitorius, I. transiens, I. kheraensis, I. madagascariensis, I. diadematus, I. indicus, I. sphaeroidalis (98212)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France I. chrysoolithicus, I. transitorius (60535) I. diadematus (60424)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar I. chrysoolithicus, I. transitorius, I. kheraensis (98185) I. colcanapi, I. kheraensis, I. chrysoolithicus, I. transitorius (98094) I. indicus (98184) I. kheraensis (98130) I. kheraensis, I. chrysoolithicus (98129) I. kheraensis, I. transitorius, I. chrysoolithicus (98091) I. sp. (98165) I. transitorius (98096 98155 98172) I. transitorius, I. sphaeroidalis, I. diadematus (98126)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toamasina) I. kheraensis (234100)