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Procladiscites towaensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Eosturia towaensis was named by Bando and Ehiro (1982). Its type specimen is GLKU-Os-81001 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Asadanuki, Towa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Spathian marine shale in the Osawa Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Procladiscites towaensis by Ehiro (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Eosturia towaensis Bando and Ehiro p. 382 figs. Pl 60, figs 2a,b; text-fig 5
2022Procladiscites towaensis Ehiro p. 149 fig. 6.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyCladiscitidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyProcladiscitinae
genusProcladiscites
speciestowaensis()

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.

Procladiscites towaensis Bando and Ehiro 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height149.4
shell diameter182.0
shell inflation10.500

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan Eosturia towaensis (type locality: 94914)