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Meridiceras celericrescens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Taxonomy
Meridiceras celericrescens was named by Hillebrandt (2006). Its type specimen is TUB 841114/8/10, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Doña Inés Chica (sample 841114/8), which is in a Jamesoni/Ibex carbonate limestone in Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Meridiceras celericrescens Hillebrandt p. 66 figs. Pl 11, figs 4-8, cf. 3,9,12; text-fig 14b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyCoeloceratidaeHaug 1910
genusMeridiceras
speciescelericrescens

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.

Meridiceras celericrescens Hillebrandt 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height321.813.533.523.010.0
shell diameter357.434.594.558.030.2
shell inflation320.912.536.320.012.2

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 Jamesoni to the top of the Ibex or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Argentina Meridiceras celericrescens (181779 181823 181824)
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Chile Meridiceras celericrescens (type locality: 181815 181819 181821 181822)