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Sphaerocladiscites martini

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Cladiscites martini was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 9385, northeast of Nation River mouth, which is in a Longobardian carbonate limestone in Alaska.

It was recombined as Sphaerocladiscites martini by Gamsjäger (1982), Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cladiscites martini Smith p. 70 figs. Pl 102, figs 17-20
1982Sphaerocladiscites martini Gamsjäger p. 21
1994Sphaerocladiscites martini Tozer p. 308

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyCladiscitidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyProcladiscitinae
genusSphaerocladiscitesPopov 1961
speciesmartini()

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
No measurements are available
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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Canada (Nunavut) Sphaerocladiscites martini (43800)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0USA (Alaska) Cladiscites martini (144373)