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Macroscaphites alpinus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macroscaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites alpinus was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.A52952 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Macroscaphites alpinus by Klein et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Scaphites alpinus d'Orbigny pp. 100, No. 621
2007Macroscaphites alpinus Klein et al. p. 294

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyMacroscaphitidaeHyatt 1900
genusMacroscaphitesMeek 1876
speciesalpinus()

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.

Macroscaphites alpinus d'Orbigny 1850
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available