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Nevadisculites taylori

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proarcestidae

Taxonomy
Nevadisculites taylori was named by Bucher (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 427267, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Favret Canyon HB 175, Augusta Mountains, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Favret Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Nevadisculites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Nevadisculites taylori Bucher p. 745 figs. P.6 F. 3-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyProarcestidaeWiedmann 1973
genusNevadisculites
speciestaylori

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.

Nevadisculites taylori Bucher 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.5
shell diameter143.0
shell inflation10.001

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: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0USA (Nevada) Nevadisculites taylori (107738 107739 107740)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33USA (Nevada) Nevadisculites taylori (105072 105073 105075 105079 105180 105182 106197 106207 106210 106212 106320 106323 107491 107492 107497 107498 107732 107733 107734 107741 107742)