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Parareineckeia shelikofana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae

Taxonomy
Reineckeia (Kellawaysites) shelikofana was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108143, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21355, Wide Bay, which is in a Callovian marine siltstone in the Shelikof Formation of Alaska.

It was recombined as Parareineckeia shelikofana by Imlay (1962), Imlay (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Reineckeia (Kellawaysites) shelikofana Imlay p. 101 figs. Pl 55, figs 1,2,5-8
1962Parareineckeia shelikofana Imlay p. 26 figs. Pl 7, figs 6,7
1975Parareineckeia shelikofana Imlay p. 25 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-5,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyReineckeiidaeHyatt 1900
genusParareineckeia
speciesshelikofana()

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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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Alaska) Parareineckeia shelikofana (68761 68805)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Reineckeia shelikofana (158946)