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Marshallites columbianus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Marshallites columbianus was named by McLearn (1972). Its type specimen is GSC 21224, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. olcostephanoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Marshallites columbianus McLearn p. 54 figs. pl. 3, figs. 3a, b
1995Marshallites columbianus Alabushev fig. 7L,M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyMarshallitinaeMatsumoto 1955
genusMarshallitesMatsumoto 1955
speciescolumbianus

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.

†Marshallites columbianus McLearn 1972
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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 Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Marshallites columbianus (87482 87673)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Russian Federation Marshallites columbianus (169555)