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Micromphalites hourcqi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Micromphalites hourcqi was named by Collignon (1958). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UBGD.010047. Its type locality is Mahabo-Namoroka (Soalala), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Micromphalites hourcqi Collignon pp. Pl. IX fig. 47

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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)
genusMicromphalitesMuir-Wood 1936
specieshourcqi

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 hourcqi 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: Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Madagascar (Boeny) Micromphalites hourcqi (type locality: 234082)