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Wellsia packardi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Lyticoceras packardi was named by Anderson (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Cretaceous; Pacific Coast, North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Wellsia packardi by Imlay (1957) and Imlay (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Lyticoceras packardi Anderson p. 164 figs. pl. 31, figs. 2, 5
1957Wellsia packardi Imlay p. 275
1960Wellsia packardi Imlay p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyPolyptychitinaeWedekind 1918
genusWellsia
speciespackardi()

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.

†Wellsia packardi Anderson 1938
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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: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Canada (British Columbia) Homolsomites packardi (57080)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (Oregon) Wellsia packardi (45673 45688 83579 157773)