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Cibolites waageni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy

Xenodiscites waageni was named by Miller and Furnish (1940). Its type specimen is YPM 16283 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is King 20, Beds 5,7, Cerro Wencelao to El Indio, Las Delicias, which is in a Capitanian marine shale/limestone in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Cibolites waageni by Spinosa et al. (1975), Leonova (2002).

Synonyms

Cibolites mojsisovicsi was named by Miller (1944) [Syntypes listed but no holotype designated]. Its type specimen is YPM 16292-16294 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is King 20, Beds 5,7, Cerro Wencelao to El Indio, Las Delicias, which is in a Capitanian marine shale/limestone in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cibolites waageni by Spinosa et al. (1975).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1940	Xenodiscites waageni Miller and Furnish
1944	Cibolites mojsisovicsi Miller p. 124 figs. Pl 42, figs 1-5; text-fig 29C
1944	Xenodiscites waageni Miller p. 126 figs. Pl 22, figs 7-9; text-fig 29D
1975	Cibolites waageni Spinosa et al. p. 267 figs. Pl 6, figs 2-9; text-fig 14, 15B
2002	Cibolites waageni Leonova p. 100

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Paraceltitina	Shevyrev 1968
superfamily	Xenodiscoidea	(Frech 1902)
family	Paraceltitidae	Spath 1930
genus	Cibolites
species	waageni	()

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.

†Cibolites waageni Miller and Furnish 1940

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Invalid names: Cibolites mojsisovicsi Miller 1944 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
C. Spinosa et al. 1975	A species of Cibolites which, at maturity, is characterized by combination of tectiform whorl section, irregularly serrated external lobes, and possession of lobe I1.

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	5	11.1	9.40	15.1	9.70	3.21
shell diameter	5	30.6	25.4	44.4	29.4	7.81
shell inflation	5	11.5	8.90	19.1	8.90	5.89

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:33:06

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:36:47

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Mexico (Coahuila)	Cibolites mojsisovicsi, Xenodiscites waageni (type locality: 62907)