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Medlicottia gansuensis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Medlicottia gansuensis was named by Liang (1981). Its type specimen is NIGP 62039 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is F7, bed 12, Shuangputang, Jinta County, which is in a Roadian marine shale in the Shuangputang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. orbigiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Medlicottia gansuensis Liang p. 492 figs. Pl 2, figs 10,11; text-fig 4
2002Medlicottia gansuensis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyMedlicottiinae
genusMedlicottiaWaagen 1880
speciesgansuensis

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.

†Medlicottia gansuensis Liang 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Gansu) Medlicottia gansuensis (type locality: 150432)