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Protoxyclymenia dunkeri

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Kosmoclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Clymenia dunkeri was named by Muenster (1839). It is the type species of Protoxyclymenia.

It was recombined as Protoxyclymenia dunkeri by Petersen (1975), Korn (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Clymenia dunkeri Muenster
1975Protoxyclymenia dunkeri Petersen p. 48 figs. Pl 7, figs 2,11,12; text-fig 27A
1989Protoxyclymenia galezicensis Czarnocki
1999Protoxyclymenia dunkeri Korn p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderClymeniina
superfamilyClymeniaceaeEdwards 1849
familyKosmoclymeniidaeKorn and Price 1987
subfamilyRodeckiinaeKorn 2002
genusProtoxyclymeniaSchindewolf 1923
speciesdunkeri(Muenster 1839)

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.

Protoxyclymenia dunkeri Muenster 1839
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Invalid names: Protoxyclymenia galezicensis Czarnocki 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height15.50
shell diameter120.0
shell inflation110.6

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Protoxyclymenia dunkeri (39070 39114)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Protoxyclymenia dunkeri (39071)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Morocco Protoxyclymenia dunkeri (223413 223414)