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Groenlandites merriami

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae

Taxonomy
Groenlandites merriami was named by Bucher (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 438361, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bloody Canyon HB 225, northern Humboldt Range, which is in an Aegean marine limestone in the Prida Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Groenlandites merriami Bucher p. 975 figs. Pl 5, fig11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDanubitoidea()
familyLongobarditidae
subfamilyGroenlanditinaeAsserto 1966
genusGroenlandites
speciesmerriami

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.

Groenlandites merriami Bucher 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.0
shell diameter146.0
shell inflation18.70

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: Aegean or 246.70000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99USA (Nevada) Groenlandites merriami (type locality: 138815)