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Mariella lewesiensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites lewesiensis was named by Spath (1926). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paraturrilites lewesiensis by Benavides-Caceres (1956); it was recombined as Mariella (Mariella) lewesiensis by Atabekyan (1985); it was recombined as Mariella lewesiensis by Mosavinia and Wilmsen (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Turrilites lewesiensis Spath p. 429
1956Paraturrilites lewesiensis Benavides-Caceres p. 436
1985Mariella (Mariella) lewesiensis Atabekyan p. 37 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,1b; pl 8, figs 1,1a
2017Mariella lewesiensis Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 118 fig. 4B,G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusMariellaNowak 1916
specieslewesiensis(Spath 1926)

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.

Mariella lewesiensis Spath 1926
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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: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Peru (Cajamarca) Paraturrilites lewesiensis (56906)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Turkmenistan Mariella lewesiensis (186611 186613)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Iran Mariella lewesiensis (174334)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Peru Paraturrilites lewesiensis (88189 88198)