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Araucanites spellmani

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Araucanites spellmani was named by Westermann et al. (2002). Its type specimen is Auckland University C1521, a partial shell (complete body chamber, somewhatdamaged and distorted, mostly internal mould), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Araucanites spellmani Westermann et al. p. 519

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyEurycephalitinaeThierry 1976
genusAraucanites(Westermann and Riccardi)
speciesspellmani

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.

Araucanites spellmani Westermann et al. 2002
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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
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