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Parasicanites belcheri

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Synartinskia belcheri was named by Nassichuk (1970). Its type specimen is GSC 23304 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C481, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in a Roadian marine sandstone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Parasicanites belcheri by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Synartinskia belcheri Nassichuk p. 80 figs. Pl 19, fig 2; text-fig 2
2002Parasicanites belcheri Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilySicanitinaeNoetling 1904
genusParasicanitesLeonova 1985
speciesbelcheri()

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.

Parasicanites belcheri Nassichuk 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height134.0
shell diameter160.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Nunavut) Synartinskia belcheri (type locality: 115643)