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Atractites clavatulus

Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae

Taxonomy
Atractites clavatulus 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 (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Atractites clavatulus Smith p. 139 figs. Pl 96, figs 11-14
1982Atractites clavatulus Silberling and Nichols p. 64 figs. Pl 33, fig 5; pl 34, figs 6-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
orderAulacoceratidaStolley 1919
familyXiphoteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusAtractitesGuembel 1861
speciesclavatulus

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.

Atractites clavatulus Smith 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

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 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Atractites clavatulus (40760 type locality: 142669)