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Gymnites compressus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnites compressus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28378 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 42400, Liard River, which is in a Bithynian marine siltstone in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Gymnites compressus Tozer p. 127 figs. Pl 51, figs 1-3; text-figs 32i,j

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
genusGymnites
speciescompressus

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.

Gymnites compressus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter243.331.360.045.620.3

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: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Canada (British Columbia) Gymnites compressus (type locality: 137516 137685)