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Melagathiceras crassum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae

Taxonomy
Juvenites crassus was named by Tozer (1961). Its type specimen is GSC 14081 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Melagathiceras globosus by Dagis and Ermakova (1990); it was recombined as Melagathiceras crassum by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Juvenites crassus Tozer p. 60 figs. Pl 13,figs 4-7
1994Melagathiceras crassum Tozer p. 53 figs. Pl 23, figs 1a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyMelagathiceratidaeTozer 1971
genusMelagathicerasTozer 1971
speciescrassum()

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.

Melagathiceras crassum Tozer 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height69.437.0011.011.01.95
shell diameter618.113.022.019.03.29
shell inflation63.132.803.503.150.495

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 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (Nunavut) Melagathiceras crassum (43802 43848 61943 61947 137941)