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Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Juraphyllitidae

Taxonomy
Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus was named by Taylor (1998). Its type specimen is CAS 66699.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is First Canyon, Shoshone Mountains (Canadensis zone), which is in an Angulata marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus Taylor p. 475 figs. 9.1-9.2, 9.5-9.6
2004Nevadaphyllites pounamuus Stevens p. 15 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
2008Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus Longridge et al. p. 375 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-16; text-fig 9D
2010Nevadaphyllites pounamuus Meister et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyJuraphyllitidaeArkell 1950
genusNevadaphyllitesGuex 1980
speciesmicroumbilicatus

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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Invalid names: Nevadaphyllites pounamuus Stevens 2004 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height227.025.029.227.12.97
shell diameter248.642.855.149.08.70
shell inflation25.204.106.605.351.77

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5USA (Nevada) Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus (type locality: 157504)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus (157365 157367 157369 157377)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus (208922)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5New Zealand (Southland) Nevadaphyllites pounamuus (234341)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5New Zealand Nevadaphyllites pounamuus (134190)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Nevadaphyllites microumbilicatus (208923)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5New Caledonia Nevadaphyllites pounamuus (198410)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9New Caledonia Nevadaphyllites pounamuus (198413)