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Omojuvavites ventroplicatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae

Taxonomy
Omojuvavites ventroplicatus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 32184 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68193, Mount McLearn, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Omojuvavites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Omojuvavites ventroplicatus Tozer p. 246 figs. Pl 122, figs 2-5; text-figs 97c,d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyJuvavitidaeTozer 1971
genusOmojuvavites
speciesventroplicatus

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height420.317.024.520.03.77
shell diameter437.527.848.038.58.34
shell inflation44.574.105.304.400.624

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: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) Omojuvavites ventroplicatus (type locality: 138596)