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Lechites (Lechites) moreti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Lechites moreti was named by Breistroffer (1936).

It was recombined as Lechites (Lechites) moreti by Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Kennedy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. comanchensis, L. italicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Lechites moreti Breistroffer p. 66
2000Lechites moreti Arkadiev et al. p. 120 figs. Pl 7, fig 1
2007Lechites (Lechites) moreti Kennedy and Latil p. 472 figs. Pl 10, figs 3-5,8,9,15
2007Lechites (Lechites) moreti Szives p. 117 figs. Pl 22, figs 7,8; pl 27, figs 11,17,21
2008Lechites (Lechites) moreti Kennedy et al. p. 133 figs. Pl 8, figs 14-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusLechitesNowak 1908
subgenusLechitesNowak 1908
speciesmoreti(Breistroffer 1936)

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.

†Lechites (Lechites) moreti Breistroffer 1936
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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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Lechites moreti (183295)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Kazakhstan Lechites moreti (175008)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy Lechites moreti (12838)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Lechites moreti (174484 174485)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Lechites moreti (58424)