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Meekoceras bittneri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Taxonomy
Meekoceras bittneri was named by Shevyrev (1990). Its type specimen is PIN 4184/18 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kafirbacha, Khozretishi Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Vasmikukhskaya Formation of Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Meekoceras bittneri Shevyrev p. 113 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4; text-fig 31
2001Meekoceras bittneri Rozanov and Shevyrev p. 129 figs. Pl 57, figs 5,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyPrionitidaeHyatt 1900
genusMeekocerasHyatt 1879
speciesbittneri

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.

Meekoceras bittneri Shevyrev 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.4
shell diameter165.2
shell inflation115.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Tajikistan Meekoceras bittneri (97867 type locality: 97868 97869)