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Groenlandites silberlingi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae

Taxonomy
Groenlandites silberlingi was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28435 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68226, Milepost 375, Alaska Highway, which is in an Aegean marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Groenlandites silberlingi Tozer p. 95 figs. Pl 39, figs 1-12; pl 45, figs 1a,b; text-fig 27a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDanubitoidea()
familyLongobarditidae
subfamilyGroenlanditinaeAsserto 1966
genusGroenlandites
speciessilberlingi

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1216.914.320.017.14.03
shell diameter1227.511.445.129.69.32
shell inflation124.563.306.304.802.12

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: Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Groenlandites silberlingi (type locality: 138608)