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Macrocephalites tuguriensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites tuguriensis was named by Hébert and Eudes-Deslongchamps (1860). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MHNLM 2003.1.4132 & MNHN.F.J01369.

It was recombined as Macrocephalites tuguriensis by Douvillé (1914).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Ammonites tuguriensis Hébert and Eudes-Deslongchamps
1914Macrocephalites tuguriensis Douvillé p. 359

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyMacrocephalitidae
genusMacrocephalites
speciestuguriensis()

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.

†Macrocephalites tuguriensis Hébert and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
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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
Collections
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