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Groebericeras baileyi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Groebericeras baileyi was named by Imlay and Jones (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 158834 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. M2024, Middle Fork of Elder Creek, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Groebericeras baileyi Imlay and Jones p. B35 figs. Plate 5; plate 6, figures 1, 2, 5, 6, 8-11; plate 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusGroebericeras
speciesbaileyi

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.

†Groebericeras baileyi Imlay and Jones 1970
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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: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) Groebericeras baileyi (type locality: 225862)