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Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) sawtoothensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Arctocephalites sawtoothensis was named by Imlay (1948). Its type specimen is USNM 104148, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) sawtoothensis by Imlay (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Arctocephalites sawtoothensis Imlay p. 19 figs. Pl 6, fig 7
1962Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) sawtoothensis Imlay p. 24 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-10; pl 4, figs 2,4,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyArctocephalitinaeMeledina 1968
genusArctocephalites
subgenusCranocephalites
speciessawtoothensis(Imlay 1948)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Montana) Arctocephalites sawtoothensis (68843 68844 68846 68850 68854 68856 68860 68863)