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Sicanites bactrianus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Sicanites bactrianus was named by Leonova (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/234, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Igrimiyuz Creek, Sample 13/40, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Sicanites bactrianus Leonova p. 74 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4; text-fig 3a
1989Sicanites bactrianus Leonova p. 102 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4; text-fig 35a
2002Sicanites bactrianus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilySicanitinaeNoetling 1904
genusSicanites
speciesbactrianusLeonova 1985

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.

†Sicanites bactrianus Leonova 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.50
shell diameter116.7
shell inflation13.80

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Sicanites bactrianus (111247 111377 type locality: 111386 178030)