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Suakites compositus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Suakites compositus was named by Leonova (1982). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/63 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shindy River, Sample 26/2, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Suakites compositus Leonova p. 30 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
1989Suakites compositus Leonova p. 147 figs. Pl 10, figs 6,7; text-figs 59,60
1990Suakites compositus Bogoslovskaya p. 72
2002Suakites compositus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMarathonitoidea(Ruzhencev 1938)
familyMarathonitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusSuakites
speciescompositus

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.

†Suakites compositus Leonova 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height111.8
shell diameter120.6
shell inflation10.001

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Suakites compositus (81384 111264 111266 111270 111277 111278 111281 111282 type locality: 111283 111288 111289 177983 178026 178033 178044 178047)