Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Itimaites parabolicus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Itimaites parabolicus was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9086.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-J, Gara el Itima, which is in an Asbian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Itimaites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Itimaites parabolicus Korn and Ebbighausen p. 15 fig. 9,10

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusItimaites
speciesparabolicus

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.

Itimaites parabolicus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.00
shell diameter123.5
shell inflation18.90

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Asbian or 339.90000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco Itimaites parabolicus (type locality: 61436)