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Xenodiscoides calnani

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae

Taxonomy
Xenodiscoides calnani was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28049 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 56223, North Gully (MNG), which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Xenodiscoides calnani Tozer p. 50 figs. Pl 20, figs 1a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyFlemingitidaeHyatt 1900
genusXenodiscoidesSpath 1930
speciescalnani

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.

Xenodiscoides calnani Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.40
shell diameter121.0
shell inflation16.90

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (British Columbia) Xenodiscoides calnani (type locality: 105303 141643)