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Procerites irregularis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Procerites irregularis was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108146, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21273, Chisik Island, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. fullonicus, P. costulatosus, P. fullonicus, P. inflexus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Procerites irregularis Imlay p. 102 figs. Pl 54, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
genusProcerites
speciesirregularis

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.

†Procerites irregularis Imlay 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Callovian or 166.10000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Alaska) Procerites irregularis (type locality: 158652)