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Juresanites melanesianum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gastrioceras melanesianum was named by Smith (1927).

It was synonymized subjectively with Juresanites somoholense by Glenister et al. (1973); it was recombined as Juresanites melanesianum by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Gastrioceras melanesianum Smith
2002Juresanites melanesianum Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusJuresanitesMaximova 1940
speciesmelanesianum(Smith 1927)

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available