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Meridiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Meridiceras Hillebrandt p. 60
2013Meridiceras Howarth p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyCoeloceratidaeHaug 1910
genusMeridiceras

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.

G. †Meridiceras Hillebrandt 2006
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†Meridiceras amolanasense Hillebrandt 2006
†Meridiceras celericrescens Hillebrandt 2006
†Meridiceras densicostatum Hillebrandt 2006
†Meridiceras externum Hillebrandt 2006
†Meridiceras santanderi Hillebrandt 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2612.84.3042.513.211.9
shell diameter2639.313.5146.837.141.9
shell inflation2616.35.4075.414.821.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Ibex or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Argentina M. amolanasense (181853) M. densicostatum (181855)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Peru M. santanderi (181383 181384 181385 181854)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Chile M. amolanasense (181850 181851 181852 183587)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Chile M. sp. B, M. externum (181817) M. sp. B, M. sp. C, M. externum (181816)
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Chile M. celericrescens (181821) M. externum (181818 181820) M. externum, M. celericrescens (181819 181822) M. sp. A, M. externum, M. celericrescens (181815) M. sp. B (181859) M. sp. C (181860)
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Argentina M. celericrescens (181823 181824) M. externum (181793) M. externum, M. celericrescens (181779)