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Eumedlicottia bifrons

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Medlicottia bifrons was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Eumedlicottia.

It was recombined as Eumedlicottia bifrons by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Medlicottia bifrons Gemmellaro p. 51 figs. Pl 9, figs 16-19
2002Eumedlicottia bifrons Leonova p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyMedlicottiinae
genusEumedlicottiaSpath 1934
speciesbifrons()

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.

Eumedlicottia bifrons Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.013.015.014.01.41
shell diameter225.823.029.026.04.24
shell inflation21.731.502.001.750.354

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman Eumedlicottia bifrons (82199 102388)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Medlicottia bifrons (type locality: 108567)