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Micromphalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy

Micromphalites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Clydoniceratidae by Arkell (1952) and Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

M. busqueti, M. elegans, M. golenkoi, M. hourcqi, M. intermedius, M. pustuliferum, M. saintoursi, M. vertebralis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1952	Micromphalites Arkell p. 284
1957	Micromphalites Arkell et al. p. 291
2002	Micromphalites Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Stephanoceratoidea	(Newmayr 1875)
family	Stephanoceratidae	Neumayr 1875
subfamily	Clydoniceratinae	(Buckman 1924)
genus	Micromphalites

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. †Micromphalites

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†Micromphalites busqueti de Grossouvre 1919

†Micromphalites elegans Arkell 1952

†Micromphalites golenkoi Collignon 1958

†Micromphalites hourcqi Collignon 1958

†Micromphalites intermedius Arkell 1952

†Micromphalites pustuliferum Douvillé 1916

†Micromphalites saintoursi Collignon 1958

†Micromphalites vertebralis Arkell 1952

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (33 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Saudi Arabia	M. busqueti (48452) M. busqueti, M. elegans, M. intermedius (48454) M. elegans, M. vertebralis, M. intermedius (48455) M. pustuliferus (45467) M. pustuliferus, M. vertebralis (45464) M. sp. (48448 48450 48485) M. sp., M. busqueti (48451) M. vertebralis (48307)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Egypt	Stringoceras pustuliferum (171221 171242)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	India (Gujarat)	M. sp. (46470)
Early/Lower Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Saudi Arabia	M. busqueti (141353) M. elegans, M. vertebralis, M. intermedius (141341) M. sp. (141351 141417 141418) M. sp., M. busqueti (141352) M. vertebralis (141480)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Madagascar (Boeny)	M. hourcqi (234082)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Egypt	Stringoceras pustuliferum (171207)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Madagascar (Toliara)	M. golenkoi (234077)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Madagascar (Toamasina)	M. saintoursi (234064 234065)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Saudi Arabia	M. busqueti (184545 184569) M. busqueti, M. elegans (184535 184538) M. busqueti, M. elegans, M. vertebralis, M. intermedius (184536) M. elegans, M. intermedius (184534) M. pustuliferus (184581) M. sp. (184537)