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Meginoceras effervescens

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Meginoceras effervescens was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28665 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68242, Boiler Canyon, Liard River, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Meginoceras effervescens Tozer p. 149 figs. Pl 78, figs 4a-c; text-fig 61f

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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
specieseffervescens

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
partNmean
shell height115.8
shell diameter136.0
shell inflation19.40

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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Canada (British Columbia) Meginoceras effervescens (type locality: 138618)