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Boesites eotexanus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Taxonomy
Boesites eotexanus was named by Wagner-Gentis (1971). Its type specimen is RGM-ST 167605, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 1890, Casavegas-Caloca road, which is in a Myachkovian marine mudstone in Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. gracilie

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Boesites eotexanus Wagner-Gentis p. 67 figs. Pl 1, fig 4a; pl 2, fig 4b; text-fig 7
1975Boesites eotexanus Nassichuk p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyDaraelitidae
genusBoesitesMiller and Furnish 1940
specieseotexanus

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.

†Boesites eotexanus Wagner-Gentis 1971
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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: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Myachkovian or 308.90000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Myachkovian308.9 - 307.0Spain (Palencia) Boesites eotexanus (type locality: 176368)