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Nevadisculites minutus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proarcestidae

Taxonomy
Nevadisculites minutus was named by Bucher (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 444097 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wildhorse Mine HB 124, which is in a Bithynian offshore shelf limestone/siltstone in Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Nevadisculites minutus Bucher p. 161 figs. Pl 2, figs 4-9; pl 5, figs 11-176; text-fig 17,18

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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
speciesminutus

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 minutus Bucher 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height24.30--4.30-
shell diameter29.209.109.309.200.141
shell inflation20.001--0.001-

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24USA (Nevada) Nevadisculites minutus (109762 109763 109764 111227 112711 112713 112735 112736 type locality: 112776 112782 112798 112799)