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Jenksites flexicostatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Jenksites flexicostatus was named by Monnet and Bucher (2005). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 25321 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oliver Gulch HB 592, Augusta Mountains, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Jenksites flexicostatus Monnet and Bucher p. 32 figs. Pl. 19, Figs. 31-34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusJenksites
speciesflexicostatus

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.

Jenksites flexicostatus Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter1529.415.458.431.412.5

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: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 244.24000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33USA (Nevada) Jenksites flexicostatus (115589)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Jenksites flexicostatus (115465 115471 115495 type locality: 115585 115586 115587 115588)