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Graysonites adkinsi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Graysonites adkinsi was named by Young (1958). Its type specimen is UT 272, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. cherbensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Graysonites adkinsi Young p. 176 figs. Pl 29, figs 1,7; text-figs 2a,e,f, 3a,e
1958Graysonites fountaini Young p. 179 figs. Pl 29, figs 3,5,6; text-figs 2b,c, 3b
2003Graysonites adkinsi Matsumoto et al. p. 150 fig. 14,15
2005Graysonites adkinsi Kennedy p. 402 figs. 21E-G, 23I-L, 33G, 39-41, 42A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMantelliceratinaeHyatt 1903
genusGraysonitesYoung 1958
speciesadkinsiYoung 1958

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.

†Graysonites adkinsi Young 1958
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Invalid names: Graysonites fountaini Young 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height465.350.083.066.213.8
shell diameter4166.5114.0217.0178.548.6
shell inflation449.829.072.055.219.8

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Acanthoceras cunningtoni (88216 88217)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Graysonites adkinsi (123152 174500 174502 174503 174504 174505 174506 174507 174508 174509 174510)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Graysonites adkinsi (88719 175207 175337)