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Inyoceras multicameratus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae

Taxonomy
Xenodiscus multicameratus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Union Wash, Parapopanoceras beds, Inyo Range, which is in a Spathian slope limestone in the Union Wash Formation of California.

It was recombined as Inyoceras multicameratus by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Xenodiscus multicameratus Smith p. 57 figs. Pl 34, figs 5-10
1994Inyoceras multicameratus Tozer p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenoceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusInyoceras
speciesmulticameratus()

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
partNmean
shell height110.0
shell diameter128.0
shell inflation111.5

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (California) Xenodiscus multicameratus (type locality: 33194)