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Alloclionites welteri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Steinmannitidae

Taxonomy
Alloclionites welteri was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28704 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 64634, Monotis gully, Pardonet Hill, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Alloclionites welteri Tozer p. 182 figs. Pl 130, figs 4-6,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familySteinmannitidae
genusAlloclionites
specieswelteri

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.

Alloclionites welteri Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.9
shell diameter144.5
shell inflation115.6

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 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Canada (British Columbia) Alloclionites welteri (137034 137035 137087 137694 type locality: 137985 141697)