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Phoenixites lenticulus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Phoenixites lenticulus was named by Bockwinkel et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.22104.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hassi Nebech section 2, bed 11e, which is in a Givetian marine shale in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Phoenixites lenticulus Bockwinkel et al. p. 62 fig. 64,65
2015Phoenixites lenticulus Bockwinkel et al. p. 151 fig. 35,36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyFalcitornoceratinae(Becker 1993)
genusPhoenixitesBecker 1993
specieslenticulus

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.

†Phoenixites lenticulus Bockwinkel et al. 2013
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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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: or 382.70000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Morocco Phoenixites lenticulus (type locality: 189346 189420)