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Thermalites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae

Taxonomy
Thermalites was named by Smith (1927).

It was synonymized subjectively with Juvenites by Spath (1934).

It was assigned to Haloritidae by Smith (1927); and to Melagathiceratidae by Tozer (1994), Brayard et al. (2009).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Thermalites Smith
1994Thermalites Tozer p. 53
2009Thermalites Brayard et al. pp. Appendix 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyMelagathiceratidaeTozer 1971
genusThermalites

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.

G. †Thermalites Smith 1927
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Thermalites needhami Tozer 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.635.508.006.751.77
shell diameter216.213.519.516.54.24
shell inflation24.974.505.505.000.707

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (British Columbia) T. needhami (105193 105196 105198 137678 137944)