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Meginoceras triviale

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Meginoceras triviale was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28646 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 50006, hill northeast of Mount Stearns, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Meginoceras triviale Tozer p. 147 figs. Pl 73, figs 1-12; text-fig 56a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyArpaditinaeHyatt 1900
genusMeginocerasMcLearn 1930
speciestriviale

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.

Meginoceras triviale Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter630.022.042.529.78.96

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Canada (British Columbia) Meginoceras triviale (137668 type locality: 137947 138635 139111 141644)