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Almites invariabilis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Marathonites invariabilis was named by Ruzhentsev (1933). Its type specimen is PIN 317/12337 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Marathonites (Almites) invariabilis by Ruzhentsev (1956); it was recombined as Almites invariabilis by Bogoslovskaya (1990), Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Marathonites invariabilis Ruzhentsev p. 73 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3; text-fig 5a
1956Marathonites (Almites) invariabilis Ruzhentsev p. 244 figs. Pl 37, figs 3-5; pl 38, fig 1
1990Almites invariabilis Bogoslovskaya p. 71
2002Almites invariabilis Leonova p. S78

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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
genusAlmitesToumansky 1941
speciesinvariabilis(Ruzhentsev 1933)

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.

†Almites invariabilis Ruzhentsev 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height414.910.619.015.73.58
shell diameter427.920.035.029.66.40
shell inflation41.641.002.001.900.476

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan (Aqtobe) Marathonites invariabilis (125131)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan Marathonites invariabilis (116788 125111 125112 125115 125116 125117)