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Belemnites pacificus

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae

Taxonomy
Belemnites pacificus was named by Gabb (1864). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mariposa Estate, Bear Valley, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon in the Mariposa Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Belemnites pacificus Gabb p. 173
1865Belemnites pacificus Meek p. 482
1894Belemnites pacificus Hyatt pp. 427 - 429

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyBelemnitidaed'Orbigny 1845
subfamilyBelemnitinaed'Orbigny 1845
genusBelemnites
speciespacificus

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.

Belemnites pacificus Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0USA (California) Belemnites pacificus (type locality: 209788)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8USA (California) Belemnites pacificus (192811 192812 192835 192837 192845 192857)