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Neocraspedites giganteus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Taxonomy
Neocraspedites giganteus was named by Imlay (1960) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Cretaceous; Pacific Coast, North America.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Neocraspedites giganteus Imlay p. 204 figs. pl. 32, figs. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCraspeditidaeSpath 1934
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusNeocraspeditesPavlow 1914
speciesgiganteus

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Neocraspedites giganteus (65459)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (California) Neocraspedites giganteus (83594 83596 83597 222101)