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Mimosphinctes discordans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mimosphinctidae

Taxonomy
Convoluticeras discordans was named by Erben (1965).

It was recombined as Teicherticeras discordans by Chlupac and Turek (1983); it was recombined as Mimosphinctes discordans by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Convoluticeras discordans Erben
1983Teicherticeras discordans Chlupac and Turek p. 27 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-10
2002Mimosphinctes discordans Korn and Klug p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyMimosphinctaceaeErben 1953
familyMimosphinctidaeErben 1953
subfamilyMimosphinctinaeErben 1953
genusMimosphinctesEichenberg 1931
speciesdiscordans(Erben 1965)

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
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia Teicherticeras discordans (12147)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia Teicherticeras discordans (172655 172658)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Convoluticeras discordans (25758)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia Teicherticeras discordans (12144 172653 172654 172656 172657)