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Heibergites heibergensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Prionolobus heibergensis was named by Tozer (1962). Its type specimen is GSC 14047, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Heibergites.

It was recombined as Heibergites heibergensis by Tozer (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Prionolobus plicatus Tozer
1962Prionolobus heibergensis Tozer p. 1128
1989Gyronites plicatus Ishibashi and Nakazawa p. 224 figs. Pl 35, figs 1,2; text-fig 6
1994Heibergites heibergensis Tozer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusHeibergites
speciesheibergensis()

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.

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Invalid names: Prionolobus plicatus Tozer 1961 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height633.915.052.849.020.8
shell diameter693.934.0130.0112.134.5
shell inflation617.38.2028.822.010.5

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Gyronites plicatus (97305)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (Nunavut) Heibergites heibergensis (43856 57091 61945 61972 61977 61980)