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Micromphalites elegans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Micromphalites elegans was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10789, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 17, Juraifa area (Aramco S-1241), which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Micromphalites elegans Arkell p. 286 figs. Pl 26, fig 8; pl 28, figs 3-5,8; text-fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyClydoniceratinae(Buckman 1924)
genusMicromphalites
specieselegans

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.

†Micromphalites elegans Arkell 1952
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites elegans (48454 48455)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites elegans (141341)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites elegans (184534 type locality: 184535 184536 184538)