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Discogymnites hollandi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnites hollandi was named by McLearn (1948). Its type specimen is GSC 6448, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 10660, Liard River, which is in an Aegean marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Anagymnites hollandi by McLearn (1969), Vavilov (1978); it was recombined as Discogymnites hollandi by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Gymnites hollandi McLearn p. 3 figs. Pl 6, fig 1
1969Anagymnites hollandi McLearn p. 52 figs. Pl 12, figs 1a,b
1978Anagymnites hollandi Vavilov p. 341 figs. Pl 7, fig 7
1994Discogymnites hollandi Tozer p. 128 figs. Pl 43, fig 12; pl 46, figs 9,10; pl 47, fig 3; text-figs 30a, 33h,i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
subfamilyGymnitinae
genusDiscogymnites
specieshollandi(McLearn 1948)

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.

†Discogymnites hollandi McLearn 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2116.0--116.0-
shell diameter2167.3140.0200.0170.042.4
shell inflation20.001--0.001-

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 246.70000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Canada (British Columbia) Discogymnites hollandi (137383 139056) Gymnites hollandi (43796)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Russian Federation Anagymnites hollandi (124944)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Canada (British Columbia) Discogymnites hollandi (139099)