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Macroscaphites soaresi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macroscaphitidae

Taxonomy
Neosilesites soaresi was named by Da Silva (1962). Its type specimen is MLMG Coimbra 436/57, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Macroscaphites soaresi by Kennedy et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Neosilesites soaresi Da Silva p. 19 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-3; text-fig 4
2009Macroscaphites soaresi Kennedy et al. p. 38 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyMacroscaphitidaeHyatt 1900
genusMacroscaphitesMeek 1876
speciessoaresi(Da Silva 1962)

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.

Macroscaphites soaresi Da Silva 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height217.413.023.218.17.21
shell diameter263.749.382.365.823.3
shell inflation234.627.543.635.511.4

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 Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mozambique Macroscaphites soaresi (177193)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57South Africa Macroscaphites soaresi (177192)