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Notosepia cliftonensis

Cephalopoda - Sepiida

Taxonomy
Notosepia cliftonensis was named by Chapman (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clifton Bank, Muddy Creek (Vaginella band), which is in a Langhian marine marl in the Port Campbell Limestone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Notosepia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Notosepia cliftonensis Chapman p. 357 figs. Pl 7, figs 16,17; pl 8, figs 20-22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderDecabrachiaHaeckel 1866
orderSepiidaZittel 1895
genusNotosepia
speciescliftonensis

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.

Notosepia cliftonensis Chapman 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:30:02
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:30:02
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Notosepia cliftonensis (type locality: 46165 179955 179956 179957 179958)