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Texanites (Plesiotexanites) shiloensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Texanites shiloensis was named by Young (1963). Its type specimen is TMM 1986 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Texanites (Plesiotexanites) shiloensis by Kennedy and Cobban (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. collignoni, T. hispanicus, T. oliveti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Texanites shiloensis Young p. 89 figs. pi. 46, figs 1-4; pi. 54, figs 4-7; pi. 70, figs 5, 6, 8; text- fig. 24d
1991Texanites (Plesiotexanites) shiloensis Kennedy and Cobban p. 179 figs. 8: 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusTexanitesSpath 1932
subgenusPlesiotexanites(Matsumoto 1970)
speciesshiloensis(Young 1963)

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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available