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Micromphalites (Clydomphalites) clydocromphalus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Micromphalites (Clydomphalites) clydocromphalus was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10773, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 16, Juraifa area (Aramco S-1483/1500), which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia. It is the type species of Clydomphalites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Micromphalites (Clydomphalites) clydocromphalus Arkell p. 287 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-7,9; pl 28, fig 12; text-fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyClydoniceratinae(Buckman 1924)
genusMicromphalites
subgenusClydomphalites
speciesclydocromphalus

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites clydocromphalus (45464 45467 48307 48316 48448 48451 48454 48455)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites clydocromphalus (141341 141352 141418 141481 141565)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Micromphalites clydocromphalus (type locality: 184534 184535 184536 184538 184545 184580)