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Parajuvavites canadensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Haloritidae

Taxonomy
Parajuvavites canadensis was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 32266 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 82454, Halfway River, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Parajuvavites canadensis Tozer p. 258 figs. Pl 140, figs 1-9; pl 141, figs 7,8; text-fig 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyHaloritidaeMojsisovics 1893
genusParajuvavites
speciescanadensis

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 height1021.316.027.220.34.68
shell diameter1049.533.980.048.515.6
shell inflation108.694.1016.010.44.50

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: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Canada (British Columbia) Parajuvavites canadensis (137083 137103 137141 137691 137987 139039 type locality: 139119 139123 141682 141710 141721 141748)