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Microbiplices

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Microbiplices is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Perisphinctinae by Schlegelmilch (1994); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Pictoniinae by Schairer and Schlampp (2003); and to Aulacostephanidae by Wright (2010).

Species
M. anglicus, M. guebhardi, M. microbiplex, M. varians
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. abeli, M. divergens, M. procedens, M. vanae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Microbiplices Schlegelmilch p. 62
2002Microbiplices Sepkoski
2003Microbiplices Schairer and Schlampp p. 19
2010Microbiplices Wright p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusMicrobiplices

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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†Microbiplices anglicus Arkell 1947
†Microbiplices guebhardi Oppenheimer 1907
†Microbiplices microbiplex Quenstedt 1887
†Microbiplices varians Oppenheimer 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height913.09.3016.913.22.48
shell diameter938.329.049.039.06.40
shell inflation917.314.023.017.23.12

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: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain M. microbiplex (67866)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar M. microbiplex (98192)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom (Wiltshire) M. anglicus (163930 163939 163975 163976 163977 163980)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom (Dorset) M. anglicus (163936 163978 163979)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) M. microbiplex (234266)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France M. microbiplex (12308) M. procedens, M. divergens, M. vanae, M. abeli, M. microbiplex (12304)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany M. microbiplex (197602) M. sp., M. microbiplex, M. varians, M. guebhardi (167935)