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Guembelites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae

Taxonomy
Guembelites was named by Mojsisovics (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was reranked as Heraclites (Guembelites) by von Mojsisovics (1896) and Mojsisovics (1896).

It was assigned to Heraclites by von Mojsisovics (1896) and Mojsisovics (1896); to Haloritidae by Spath (1951); to Juvavitinae by Tozer (1981); to Juvavitidae by Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Guembelites Mojsisovics
1896Heraclites (Guembelites) Mojsisovics
1896Heraclites (Guembelites) von Mojsisovics
1951Guembelites Spath p. 108
1981Guembelites Tozer p. 98
1994Guembelites Tozer p. 240
2002Guembelites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyJuvavitidaeTozer 1971
genusGuembelitesMojsisovics 1896

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. †Guembelites Mojsisovics 1896
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†Guembelites clavatus McLearn 1939
†Guembelites jandianus von Mojsisovics 1896
†Guembelites philostrati Diener 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2228.210.045.030.09.70
shell diameter2254.519.092.557.017.8
shell inflation225.982.0010.06.002.53

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: base of the Carnian to the top of the Lacian or 237.00000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaihikuan238.0 - 227.5USA (Nevada) G. jandianus (174398 174401 174405 174406 174408)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (nevada) G. sp. (32819 32820)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Nevada) G. sp. (32546 32739)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) G. sp. (32548 32738 174404 174419) G. sp., G. jandianus (32549 32551) G. sp., G. jandianus, G. philostrati (174417)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (nevada) G. sp. (32822)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) G. clavatus (46603 46610 137024 137025 137026 137663 137971 137978 139131 141676 141694 141731) G. jandianus (137171 137984 138592 139568 141738)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Nepal G. clavatus, G. jandianus (142480 142484) G. jandianus (142479 142481 142485) G. philostrati (92129 142482 142483)