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Gastroplites subquadratus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Gastroplites subquadratus was named by Nagy (1970). Its type specimen is PMO A32827, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 20, Stellingfjellet, Staupbreen, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Carolinefjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. canadense, G. kingi, G. stantoni, G. spiekeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Gastroplites subquadratus Nagy p. 53 figs. Pl 9, fig 2; text-fig 13b-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilyGastroplitinae
genusGastroplites
speciessubquadratus

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 height122.0
shell diameter147.0
shell inflation110.0

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: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Gastroplites subquadratus (type locality: 174875)