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Meekoceras mushbachanum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Taxonomy
Meekoceras mushbachanum was named by White (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is John Gray's Lake (locality 1), Unit D, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Meekoceras mushbachanum White
1922Meekoceras mushbachanum Welter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyPrionitidaeHyatt 1900
genusMeekocerasHyatt 1879
speciesmushbachanum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Nevada) Meekoceras mushbachanum (33313)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Meekoceras mushbachanum (33286)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Idaho) Meekoceras mushbachanum (33292 33293)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Indonesia (Timor) Meekoceras mushbachanum (205630)