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Saghalinites cala
Taxonomy
Ammonites cala was named by Forbes (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian-Maastrichtian; Antarctica, southern Africa.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.
It was recombined as Lytoceras (Tetragonites) cala by Anderson (1902); it was recombined as Saghalinites cala by Spath (1953), Klinger (1985), Kennedy (1986), Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Kennedy and Bilotte (1995).
It was recombined as Lytoceras (Tetragonites) cala by Anderson (1902); it was recombined as Saghalinites cala by Spath (1953), Klinger (1985), Kennedy (1986), Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Kennedy and Bilotte (1995).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1846 | Ammonites cala Forbes p. 104 figs. pl. 8, fig. 4 |
| 1902 | Lytoceras (Tetragonites) cala Anderson p. 84 |
| 1953 | Saghalinites cala Spath p. 9 |
| 1985 | Saghalinites cala Klinger p. 4 |
| 1986 | Saghalinites cala Kennedy p. 160 |
| 1992 | Saghalinites cala Kennedy and Henderson p. 400 figs. Pl 2, figs 13-15; pl 3, figs 1-6; text-fig 3B |
| 1995 | Saghalinites cala Kennedy and Bilotte p. 361 |
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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.
†Saghalinites cala Forbes 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 10.2 | 4.20 | 23.2 | 10.8 | 9.65 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 34.3 | 15.8 | 80.0 | 32.0 | 33.4 | |
| shell inflation | 3 | 15.7 | 7.20 | 37.5 | 14.2 | 15.9 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coniacian | USA (California) | Lytoceras cala (44271) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | South Africa | Saghalinites cala (82520) | |
| Campanian | Antarctica | Saghalinites cala (166164) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Austria | Saghalinites cala (48008) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India | Ammonites cala (41428) |