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Arctohungarites liardensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctohungaritidae

Taxonomy
Arctohungarites liardensis was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28434 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 42407, Liard River, which is in a Bithynian marine siltstone in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Arctohungarites liardensis Tozer p. 109 figs. Pl 48, figs 5a-c; pl 52, figs 9,10; text-fig 39a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
familyArctohungaritidaeVavilov 1992
genusArctohungaritesDiener 1916
speciesliardensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height311.29.6012.911.21.65
shell diameter325.122.030.024.04.16
shell inflation35.704.407.006.001.31

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: Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Arctohungarites liardensis (type locality: 137522 137525 137652)