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Orthoceltites belcheri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Badiotitidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceltites belcheri was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 72182 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cliff near Cape Ursula, Table Island (GSC 30369), which is in a Tuvalian marine siliciclastic in the Schei Point Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Orthoceltites belcheri Tozer p. 125 figs. Pl 103, figs 1a,b; text-fig 82b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyBadiotitidaeHyatt 1900
genusOrthoceltites
speciesbelcheri

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.

Orthoceltites belcheri Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter121.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Canada (Nunavut) Orthoceltites belcheri (type locality: 49805)