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Jacobites crofti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Jacobites crofti was named by Spath (1953). Its type specimen is BMNH C.41355, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D.84.7, Dagger Peak, James Ross Island, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Jacobites crofti Spath p. 27 figs. Pl 4, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusJacobites(Kilian and Reboul 1909)
speciescrofti

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.

Jacobites crofti Spath 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.3
shell diameter165.0
shell inflation118.9

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: base of the Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica Jacobites crofti (type locality: 166143 166167)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica Jacobites crofti (83550)