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Weyerella minor

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae

Taxonomy
Weyerella minor was named by Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.3838.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel Debouaa, Mfis, Bed 9, Tafilalt, Anti-Atlas, which is in a Tournaisian coastal shale in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Weyerella minor Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen p. 119 figs. 35E-H, 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyGattendorfiidaeBartzsch and Weyer 1987
genusWeyerella
speciesminor

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.

Weyerella minor Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height43.112.254.273.160.926
shell diameter47.716.009.857.771.70
shell inflation42.262.172.372.250.089

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Morocco Weyerella minor (66285 type locality: 66287)