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Brainaella marcoulinense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Brainaella marcoulinense was named by Frau et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MPP-B-LM.36, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Marcouline quarry, bed M-52, which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in France. It is the type species of Brainaella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Brainaella marcoulinense Frau et al. p. 342 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAcrioceratidaeVermeulen 2004
genusBrainaella
speciesmarcoulinense

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.

†Brainaella marcoulinense Frau et al. 2017
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France Brainaella marcoulinense (type locality: 185039)