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Bajarunia pilata

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida

Taxonomy

Meekoceras pilatum was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Nordophiceras pilatum by Kummel (1969); it was recombined as Bajarunia pilata by Guex et al. (2010), Jenks et al. (2013) and Brayard et al. (2019).

Synonyms

Meekoceras curticostatum was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Nordophiceras pilatum by Kummel (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Bajarunia pilata by Guex et al. (2010).
Meekoceras micromphalus was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Nordophiceras pilatum by Kummel (1969).
Meekoceras sanctorum was named by Smith (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Nordophiceras pilatum by Kummel (1969).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Meekoceras pilatum Hyatt and Smith p. 144 figs. Pl 63, figs 3-9
1932	Meekoceras curticostatum Smith
1932	Meekoceras micromphalus Smith
1932	Meekoceras sanctorum Smith
1969	Nordophiceras pilatum Kummel
2010	Bajarunia pilata Guex et al. p. 71 figs. Pl 38, figs 1-6; pl 39, figs 1-4; pl 58, fig 1
2013	Bajarunia pilata Jenks et al. p. 280 figs. 8J-M
2019	Bajarunia pilata Brayard et al. p. 27 figs. 6I, 8A-J

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
genus	Bajarunia	Dagys 1983
species	pilata	()

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.

†Bajarunia pilata Hyatt and Smith 1905

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Invalid names: Meekoceras curticostatum Smith 1932 [synonym], Meekoceras micromphalus Smith 1932 [synonym], Meekoceras sanctorum Smith 1932 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	15	22.6	16.0	35.0	22.5	4.71
shell diameter	15	53.0	36.0	76.0	53.0	10.8
shell inflation	15	14.1	9.50	23.0	14.0	3.66

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: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Spathian	251.3 - 247.2	USA (Idaho)	Bajarunia pilata (109405 109406 123899 123900 123902 150129 150131 202145 202192 202193 202194 202195) Meekoceras pilatum, Meekoceras curticostatum, Meekoceras micromphalus, Meekoceras sanctorum (type locality: 33319) Nordophiceras pilatum (110958)