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Somoholites merriami

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Somoholitidae

Taxonomy
Eoasianites merriami was named by Miller and Furnish (1940).

It was recombined as Somoholites merriami by Nassichuk (1975), Leonova et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Eoasianites merriami Miller and Furnish
1975Somoholites merriami Nassichuk p. 117 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,5
2022Somoholites merriami Leonova et al. p. 615

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyShumarditoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familySomoholitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusSomoholitesRuzhencev 1938
speciesmerriami(Miller and Furnish 1940)

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.

Somoholites merriami Miller and Furnish 1940
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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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Somoholites merriami (62646 170699)