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Mollistephanus lupheri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Otoitidae

Taxonomy
Docidoceras lupheri was named by Imlay (1973). Its type specimen is CAS 13484, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mollistephanus lupheri by Chandler and Dietze (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Docidoceras lupheri Imlay p. 78 figs. Plate 38, figures 8, 9, 12, 14-17
2004Mollistephanus lupheri Chandler and Dietze pp. 223, 226, 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyOtoitidaeMascke 1907
genusMollistephanusBuckman 1922
specieslupheri()

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.

†Mollistephanus lupheri Imlay 1973
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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 Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Oregon) Docidoceras lupheri (202846)