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Megaglossoceras glicki

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Ephippioceratidae

Taxonomy
Megaglossoceras glicki was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 120194, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Megaglossoceras glicki Gordon p. 163 figs. Pl 14, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyEphippioceratidae
genusMegaglossoceras
speciesglicki

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.

Megaglossoceras glicki Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height133.0
shell diameter165.0
shell inflation114.5

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) Megaglossoceras glicki (type locality: 158013)