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Maximites alexanderi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maximitidae

Taxonomy
Maximites alexanderi was named by Nassichuk (1975). Its type specimen is GSC 33677, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Maximites alexanderi Nassichuk p. 68 figs. Pl 4, fig 7; text-fig 25
1981Maximites alexanderi Frest et al. p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 10-13, 15-18; text-figs 7C, 8B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyMaximitidaeRuzhencev 1960
genusMaximites
speciesalexanderi

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.

†Maximites alexanderi Nassichuk 1975
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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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Maximites sp. (62696)