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Mucrodactylites mucronatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Dactylioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites mucronatus was named by d'Orbigny (1845). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R01415 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Semur en Auxois, which is in a Sinemurian marine limestone in France.

It was recombined as Collina mucronata by Howarth (1962); it was recombined as Mucrodactylites mucronatus by Guex (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Ammonites mucronatus d'Orbigny
1962Collina mucronata Howarth p. 409
1972Mucrodactylites mucronatus Guex figs. Pl 10, fig 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyDactylioceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyDactylioceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusMucrodactylitesBonarelli 1893
speciesmucronatus()

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.

Mucrodactylites mucronatus d'Orbigny 1845
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Variabilis or 196.50000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Ammonites mucronatus (type locality: 234373)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France Mucrodactylites mucronatus (210795)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Collina mucronata (147890 147891 147922 147923)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6France Mucrodactylites mucronatus (170465)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6France (Deux-Sevrès) Mucrodactylites mucronatus (140898 147162 147163 147164)