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Mithraxites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Parodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mithraxites was named by Becker and House (1994). Its type is Goniatites mithrax.

It was assigned to Parodoceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Mithraxites Becker and House
2002Mithraxites Korn and Klug p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyParodoceratidaePetter 1959
subfamilyParodoceratinaePetter 1959
genusMithraxitesBecker and House 1994

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.

G. †Mithraxites Becker and House 1994
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Mithraxites eberlei Sweet and Miller 1956
Mithraxites mithrax Hall 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available