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Micromphalites pustuliferum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Stringoceras pustuliferum was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Cardium), which is in a Bathonian carbonate mudstone in Egypt.

It was recombined as Micromphalites pustuliferus by Arkell (1952); it was recombined as Micromphalites pustuliferum by Schweigert et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Stringoceras pustuliferum Douvillé p. 41 figs. Pl. 6, Fig. 2-3
1952Micromphalites pustuliferus Arkell p. 285 figs. Pl 28, fig 1
2007Micromphalites pustuliferum Schweigert et al. p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyClydoniceratinae(Buckman 1924)
genusMicromphalites
speciespustuliferum()

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.

Micromphalites pustuliferum Douvillé 1916
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites pustuliferus (45464 45467)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Stringoceras pustuliferum (171221 171242)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Stringoceras pustuliferum (type locality: 171207)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites pustuliferus (184581)