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Placenticeras maherndli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Placenticeras maherndli was named by Summesberger (1979). Its type specimen is MA 77/2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Finstergrabenwandl (Maherndl collection), which is in a Santonian shallow subtidal shale in the Hochmoos Formation of Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Placenticeras maherndli Summesberger p. 155 figs. Pl 14, figs 58-61; pl 15, figs 62-66; text-figs 40-47
1995Placenticeras maherndli Kennedy p. 411 figs. Pl 22, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusPlacenticerasMeek 1876
speciesmaherndli

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.

Placenticeras maherndli Summesberger 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height642.433.352.542.86.43
shell diameter690.475.0105.594.212.3
shell inflation617.213.421.917.83.22

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: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Placenticeras maherndli (179119 179664)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Placenticeras maherndli (177758 178860 type locality: 178863)