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Ussurites cameroni

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae

Taxonomy
Ussurites cameroni was named by McLearn (1946) [Ussurites arthaberi var. cameroni]. Its type specimen is GSC 6694 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West of Mile Post 375, Alaska Highway (deleeni zone), which is in an Illyrian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Ussurites cameroni McLearn p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1969Ussurites cameroni McLearn p. 54 figs. Pl 13, figs 3-5; text-fig 29
1991Ussurites cameroni Konstantinov p. 90 figs. Pl 24, fig 3; text-fig 45
1994Ussurites cameroni Tozer p. 270 figs. Pl 62, figs 2-4; text-fig 47a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyUssuritidaeHyatt 1900
genusUssurites
speciescameroniMcLearn 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.

†Ussurites cameroni McLearn 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height821.114.424.523.94.24
shell diameter847.615.274.658.818.7
shell inflation821.014.125.022.24.24

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Ussurites cameroni (124576)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Ussurites cameroni (151205 151215 151216)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Canada (British Columbia) Ussurites cameroni (139033 139052 139054 177597 type locality: 177598)