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Reginaites exilis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Reginaites exilis was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 434103, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS M 31484, which is in a Santonian marine sandstone in the Eutaw Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Reginaites exilis Kennedy and Cobban p. 177 figs. 6. 6, 8.29, 31-34, 39-42, 10.15, 16, 11.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusReginaitesReyment 1957
speciesexilis

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.

†Reginaites exilis Kennedy and Cobban 1991
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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: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) Reginaites exilis (type locality: 3583 3584)