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Lucasites involutus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Taxonomy
Lucasites involutus was named by Brühwiler and Bucher (2012). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 27339 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel Safra JS11a, which is in a Smithian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in Oman. It is the type species of Lucasites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Lucasites involutus Brühwiler and Bucher p. 34 figs. Pl 6, figs 4a-c

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

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.

Lucasites involutus Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height125.0
shell diameter160.0
shell inflation114.0

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: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Oman Lucasites involutus (type locality: 127410)