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Hemilecanites discus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Hemilecanitidae

Taxonomy
Lecanites discus was named by Arthaber (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kcira, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Han-Bulog Formation of Albania. It is the type species of Hemilecanites.

It was recombined as Proavites discus by Diener (1915); it was recombined as Hemilecanites discus by Spath (1934), Kummel (1969), Guo (1982), Ehiro et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Lecanites discus Arthaber p. 268 figs. Pl 11, figs 5a-c
1915Proavites discus Diener
1934Hemilecanites discus Spath
1948Lecanites discus Renz and Renz p. 55
1969Hemilecanites discus Kummel p. 374 figs. Pl 25, figs 9,10; text-fig 4
1982Hemilecanites discus Guo p. 562 figs. Pl 1, figs 23-25
2016Hemilecanites discus Ehiro et al. p. 93 figs. 2.1-2.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyHemilecanitidae
genusHemilecanites
speciesdiscus()

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.

†Hemilecanites discus Arthaber 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter123.6

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Hemilecanites discus (168042 168044)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Greece Lecanites discus, Celtites kcirensis (112607)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) Hemilecanites discus (44008)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Jiangsu) Hemilecanites discus (150824)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Albania Lecanites discus (type locality: 97000)