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Anagymnotoceras wrighti

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnotoceras wrighti was named by McLearn (1946). Its type specimen is GSC 9484 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 10702, Cameron Hill, which is in a Pelsonian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Anagymnotoceras wrighti by McLearn (1969) and Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Gymnotoceras wrighti McLearn p. 4 figs. Pl 5, fig 4
1969Anagymnotoceras wrighti McLearn p. 22 figs. Pl 3, figs 1a,b; text-fig 8
1994Anagymnotoceras wrighti Tozer p. 115 figs. Pl 54, figs 3-5; pl 55, figs 8a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyBeyrichitinae()
genusAnagymnotocerasMcLearn 1946
specieswrighti(McLearn 1946)

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.

†Anagymnotoceras wrighti McLearn 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height326.2--26.2-
shell diameter343.325.059.654.518.7
shell inflation315.3--15.3-

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: Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Anagymnotoceras wrighti (97314)
Bithynian - Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Canada (Alberta) Anagymnotoceras wrighti (105329)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Gymnotoceras wrighti (216620)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Anagymnotoceras wrighti (139032) Gymnotoceras wrighti (137070)