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Nevadites merriami

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Nevadites merriami was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nevadites hyatti by Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Nevadites merriami Smith p. 125 figs. Pl 75, figs 1-14; pl 76, figs 1-16
1951Nevadites merriami Spath p. 43
1963Nevadites merriami Westermann
1996Nevadites merriami Fantini Sestini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyNevaditinae
genusNevadites
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.

Nevadites merriami Smith 1914
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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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Canada (British Columbia) Nevadites merriami (216620)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Nevadites merriami (type locality: 142671)