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Micromphalites saintoursi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Micromphalites saintoursi was named by Collignon (1958). It is not extant. Its type locality is Andranomantsy I, which is in a Bathonian marine marl in Madagascar.

It was synonymized subjectively with Micromphalites (Clydomphalites) clydocromphalus by Jain (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Micromphalites saintoursi Collignon pp. Pl. IX fig. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyClydoniceratinae(Buckman 1924)
genusMicromphalites
speciessaintoursi

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.

†Micromphalites saintoursi Collignon 1958
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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

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Toamasina) Micromphalites saintoursi (type locality: 234064 234065)