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Merocanites houghtoni

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites houghtoni was named by Winchell (1862).

It was recombined as Prolecanites houghtoni by Smith (1903); it was recombined as Merocanites houghtoni by Ebbighausen et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Goniatites houghtoni Winchell p. 363
1903Prolecanites houghtoni Smith p. 53
2010Merocanites houghtoni Ebbighausen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyProlecanitidaeHyatt 1884
subfamilyProtocanitinaeWeyer 1972
genusMerocanitesSchindewolf 1922
specieshoughtoni(Winchell 1862)

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.

Merocanites houghtoni Winchell 1862
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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: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Chadian or 358.86000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian - Chadian358.86 - 339.9Australia (New South Wales) Merocanites houghtoni (119337)