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Solenochilus floweri

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Solenochilidae

Taxonomy
Solenochilus floweri was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 120192, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17690, Hobbtown quarry, which is in a Moscovian marine siliciclastic in the Atoka Formation of Arkansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. hibernicum, S. jackense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Solenochilus floweri Gordon p. 154 figs. Pl 13, figs 1,2; text-fig 25B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familySolenochilidaeHyatt 1883
genusSolenochilus()
speciesfloweri

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.

†Solenochilus floweri Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) Solenochilus floweri (type locality: 158013)