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Protoxyclymenia wendti

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Kosmoclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Protoxyclymenia wendti was named by Korn (1999). Its type specimen is GPIT 1850-38, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Madène el Mrakib, sample K, which is in a Famennian marine claystone in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Protoxyclymenia wendti Korn p. 163 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2; text-fig 9A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderClymeniina
superfamilyClymeniaceaeEdwards 1849
familyKosmoclymeniidaeKorn and Price 1987
subfamilyRodeckiinaeKorn 2002
genusProtoxyclymeniaSchindewolf 1923
specieswendti

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
partNmean
shell height17.70
shell diameter125.4
shell inflation113.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Famennian or 368.50000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Morocco Protoxyclymenia wendti (type locality: 170810)