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Michelinoceras palatum

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Michelinoceras palatum was named by Shimanskiy (1996). Its type specimen is PIN 3536/12 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kur-Istyk Valley, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Michelinoceras palatum Shimanskiy p. 399 figs. Pl 5, figs 7,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidaeM'Coy 1844
genusMichelinocerasFoerste 1932
speciespalatum

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.

Michelinoceras palatum Shimanskiy 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Tajikistan Michelinoceras palatum (117826 type locality: 117832)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Michelinoceras palatum (95470 117833)