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Leislingites politus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thetiditidae

Taxonomy
Leislingites politus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28904 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68302, Mount Ludington, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Leislingites politus Tozer p. 208 figs. Pl 135, figs 11-13; pl 139, figs 12-14; text-fig 113c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyThetiditidaeTozer 1971
genusLeislingites
speciespolitus

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.

Leislingites politus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height58.408.308.508.400.141
shell diameter524.823.031.223.03.55
shell inflation58.208.108.308.200.141

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: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Leislingites politus (139035 type locality: 139036 139120 139508)