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Mazapilites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Mazapilites is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mazapilitinae.

It was assigned to Mazapilitinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Verma and Westermann (1973), Myczynski (1989); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Mazapilites Arkell et al. p. 284
1973Mazapilites Verma and Westermann p. 174
1989Mazapilites Myczynski p. 92
2002Mazapilites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyMazapilitinaeSpath 1928
genusMazapilites

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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Mazapilites mexicanus Aguilera 1895
Mazapilites zitteli Burckhardt 1906
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: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) M. mexicanus (192466) M. sp. (192465)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Mexico M. mexicanus (197760)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Cuba M. sp. (57717) M. sp., M. zitteli (57727)