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Malayites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae

Taxonomy
Malayites was named by Welter (1914) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Malayites informis.

It was reranked as Juvavites (Malayites) by McLearn (1940).

It was assigned to Juvavites by McLearn (1940); to Haloritidae by Spath (1951); to Juvavitinae by Tozer (1981); to Juvavitidae by Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Malayites Welter
1921Heinrichites Diener
1940Juvavites (Malayites) McLearn
1951Heinrichites Spath p. 107
1951Malayites Spath p. 108
1981Malayites Tozer p. 98
1994Malayites Tozer p. 241
2002Malayites 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
genusMalayitesWelter 1914

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. †Malayites Welter 1914
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†Malayites bococki McLearn 1937
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Invalid names: Juvavites (Malayites) parcus McLearn 1940 [synonym], Juvavites custi McLearn 1940 [synonym], Juvavites mertoni McLearn 1937 [synonym]
†Malayites dawsoni McLearn 1937
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Invalid names: Juvavites (Malayites) butleri McLearn 1940 [synonym]
†Malayites grobbeni Diener 1921
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Invalid names: Heinrichites furlaniae Diener 1921 [synonym], Heinrichites waageni Diener 1921 [synonym]
†Malayites informis Welter 1914
†Malayites sundaicus Welter 1914
†Malayites tingriensis Wang and He 1976
Invalid names: Heinrichites Diener 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1633.618.055.033.514.1
shell diameter1643.921.090.043.420.5
shell inflation163.952.0012.04.004.07

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Alaunian or 237.00000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (43821)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (43825)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Nepal M. butleri (92135) M. grobbeni (92131) M. grobbeni, M. sundaicus (92132) M. sundaicus (92133) M. tingriensis (92130)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) M. bococki (46590 46607 137029 137695 137974) M. bococki, Juvavites mertoni (46571) M. dawsoni (46593 46628 98568 137023 137046 137054 137055 137059 137249 137250 137664 137972 137973 137980 138594 138599 139040 139565 141672 141673 141686 141704) M. sp. (47353)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) M. bococki (46614) M. sp. (46616)