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Pleurofrechites lineatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Pleurofrechites lineatus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28333 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 83889, northwest of Hook Lake, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pleurofrechites lineatus Tozer p. 121 figs. Pl 64, figs 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusPleurofrechites
specieslineatus

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 height724.0--24.0-
shell diameter731.823.247.030.87.65
shell inflation78.90--8.90-

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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Canada (British Columbia) Pleurofrechites lineatus (139515 139557 139560 139561 139562 type locality: 139563)