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Brackites spinosus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Brackites spinosus was named by Monnet and Bucher (2005). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 25183 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oliver Gulch HB 703, Augusta Mountains, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Brackites spinosus Monnet and Bucher p. 45 figs. Pl. 29, Figs. 11-12

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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
genusBrackites
speciesspinosus

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.

Brackites spinosus Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height217.014.919.417.13.18
shell diameter240.034.446.640.58.63
shell inflation213.511.615.613.62.83

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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Brackites spinosus (type locality: 115539)