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Indoscaphites korojonensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Indoscaphites korojonensis was named by Brunnschweiler (1966). Its type specimen is CPC 2777, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marilla Anticline (Korojon calcarenite), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Korojon Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Indoscaphites korojonensis Brunnschweiler p. 54 figs. Pl 5, figs 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusIndoscaphites
specieskorojonensis

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.

†Indoscaphites korojonensis Brunnschweiler 1966
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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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Indoscaphites korojonensis (type locality: 190316)