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Dichotomites multicostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Dichotomites multicostatus was named by Imlay (1940). Its type specimen is UMMP 20439, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. giganteus, D. tardescissus, D. triptychoides, D. bidichotomites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Dichotomites multicostatus Imlay p. 162 figs. Pl 18, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusDichotomitesKoenen 1909
speciesmulticostatus

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Mexico (Coahuila) Dichotomites multicostatus (2145)