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Miltoceras chilcaense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Taxonomy
Miltoceras chilcaense was named by Hillebrandt (2006). Its type specimen is TUB 880106/3/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Las Chilcas, bed 7 (sample 880106/3), which is in a Jamesoni carbonate limestone in Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Miltoceras chilcaense Hillebrandt p. 56 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyCoeloceratidaeHaug 1910
genusMiltoceras
specieschilcaense

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.

Miltoceras chilcaense Hillebrandt 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.0
shell diameter149.5
shell inflation121.8

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: Jamesoni or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Argentina Miltoceras chilcaense (type locality: 181795 181796)