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Mossamedites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Mossamedites Cooper p. 115
2005Mossamedites Andrade

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyHauericeratinaeMatsumoto 1938
genusMossamedites

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. †Mossamedites Cooper 2003
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Mossamedites serratocarinatus Kennedy and Cobban 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height146.8
shell diameter1123.0
shell inflation145.4

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: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) M. serratocarinatus (143710)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Angola M. serratocarinatus (210897)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Chihuahua) Puzosia serratocarinata (38966)