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Collignonites asamai

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Collignonites asamai was named by Bando (1977). Its type specimen is NSM.PM 9199 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ankilokaza, which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Collignonites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Collignonites asamai Bando p. 140 figs. Pl 2, fig 1

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

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.

Collignonites asamai Bando 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.6
shell diameter136.5
shell inflation110.4

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar (Diana) Collignonites asamai (type locality: 153773)