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Daraelites leonardensis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Taxonomy
Daraelites leonardensis was named by Miller and Furnish (1940). Its type specimen is YPM 16775 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sullivan Peak South, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Sullivan Peak Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Daraelites leonardensis Miller and Furnish
1957Daraelites leonardensis Miller et al. p. 1066
2002Daraelites leonardensis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyDaraelitidae
genusDaraelites
speciesleonardensis

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.

Daraelites leonardensis Miller and Furnish 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.50
shell diameter117.0
shell inflation13.80

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) Daraelites leonardensis (97272)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Daraelites leonardensis (type locality: 113229)