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Mariceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Scyphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mariceras gracile was named by Flower (1963). Its type specimen is New Mexico Bureau of Mines 891 and is a cast. Its type locality is Rhodes Canyon, San Andres Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mariceras gracile Flower p. 88 figs. Pl 13, figs 9,10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyScyphoceratidae
genusMariceras
speciesgracile

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.

†Mariceras gracile Flower 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Mariceras gracile (type locality: 108446)