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Mariella (Plesioturrilites) brazoensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites brazoensis was named by Roemer (1849). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mariella (Wintonia) brazoensis by Kennedy (2005); it was recombined as Mariella (Plesioturrilites) brazoensis by Ceccolini and Cianferoni (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cenomanesis, M. escheriana, M. gallienii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Turrilites brazoensis Roemer p. 45
1928Turrilites brazoensis Böse p. 199
2005Mariella (Wintonia) brazoensis Kennedy p. 412 figs. 45F, 46A, 47A-C, 48A-D, 49A-E,H,I, 50E, 51, 52
2023Mariella (Plesioturrilites) brazoensis Ceccolini and Cianferoni p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusMariellaNowak 1916
subgenusPlesioturrilites
speciesbrazoensis(Roemer 1849)

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Turrilites brazoensis (88635)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Plesioturrilites brazoensis (88650)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Mariella brazoensis (175265)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (Texas) Mariella brazoensis (175336)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Turrilites brazoensis (88216 88217 88218)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Mariella brazoensis (175110 175207 175266) Plesioturrilites brazoensis (88732 88736 88750 88753)