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Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites) talkeetnanus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Lemuroceras talkeetnanum was named by Imlay (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 24877, Billy Creek, which is in an Albian marginal marine horizon in the Matanuska Formation of Alaska.

It was recombined as Arcthoplites talkeetnanus by Jones (1967); it was recombined as Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites) talkeetnanus by Alabushev (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aburense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Lemuroceras talkeetnanum Imlay pp. 109-110 figs. pl. 18, figs. 34-41
1967Arcthoplites talkeetnanus Jones p. 39 figs. Pl 7, figs 26-31; pl 8, figs 1-18; pl 9, figs 1-2; text-fig 19
1995Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites) talkeetnanus Alabushev p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCleoniceratidae()
subfamilyArcthoplitinae
genusArcthoplites
subgenusSubarcthoplites()
speciestalkeetnanus()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height820.811.078.017.222.5
shell diameter848.424.0185.044.553.0
shell inflation811.96.0045.010.912.7

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: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Russian Federation Arcthoplites talkeetnanus (169549 169554 169558)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Alaska) Arcthoplites talkeetnanus (88908) Lemuroceras sp. (type locality: 38514)