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Menuites wittekindi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites wittekindi was named by Schlüter (1876).

It was recombined as Pachydiscus wittekindi by Böhm (1891); it was recombined as Menuites wittekindi by Niebuhr et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ammonites wittekindi Schlüter p. 160
1891Pachydiscus wittekindi Böhm p. 48
2016Menuites wittekindi Niebuhr et al. p. 213 fig. 8B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusMenuitesSpath 1922
specieswittekindi(Schlüter 1876)

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.

Menuites wittekindi Schlüter 1876
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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 Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Iran Menuites wittekindi (174519)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Menuites wittekindi (64215) Pachydiscus wittekindi (221859)