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Menuites portlocki complexus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites complexus was named by Hall and Meek (1855). Its type specimen is AMNH 95311, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Menuites portlocki complexus by Kennedy and Cobban (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ammonites complexus Hall and Meek pp. 394-395 figs. PL 4, fig 1, a-f
1856Ammonites complexus Halll and Meek
1997Menuites portlocki complexus Kennedy and Cobban p. 64 figs. 3.1, 3.2, 3.5-3.13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusMenuitesSpath 1922
speciesportlocki(Sharp 1855)
subspeciescomplexus()

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.

Menuites portlocki complexus Hall and Meek 1855
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Dakota) Ammonites complexus (235524)