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Phylloceras contrarium

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Phylloceras contrarium Imlay and Jones pp. B28 - B29 figs. Plate 1, figures 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPhyllocerasSuess 1865
speciescontrarium

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.

†Phylloceras contrarium Imlay and Jones 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) Phylloceras contrarium (type locality: 224788 224832 224859)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1USA (California) Phylloceras contrarium (83599)