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Anagymnites viaalaska

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Anagymnites viaalaska was named by McLearn (1946). Its type specimen is GSC 6446 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 10693, Milepost 375, Alaska Highway, which is in an Illyrian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Anagymnites viaalaska McLearn p. 14
1969Anagymnites viaalaska McLearn p. 51 figs. Pl 11, figs 2,3; text-fig 26
1994Anagymnites viaalaska Tozer p. 129 figs. Pl 63, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
subfamilyGymnitinae
genusAnagymnites
speciesviaalaskaMcLearn 1946

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.

†Anagymnites viaalaska McLearn 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height224.1--24.1-
shell diameter251.447.156.051.56.29
shell inflation214.6--14.6-

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: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Anagymnites viaalaska (137066)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Anagymnites viaalaska (type locality: 43798 137065)