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Crickites

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Crickites was named by Wedekind (1913) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gephuroceratidae by Yatskov (1990); to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gephuroceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002) and Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Crickites Wedekind
1990Crickites Yatskov p. 41
2002Crickites Korn and Klug p. 107
2002Crickites Sepkoski
2006Crickites Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusCrickitesWedekind 1913

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.

G. †Crickites Wedekind 1913
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Crickites acutus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850
Crickites altaicus Bogoslovsky 1958
Crickites cordiformis Miller 1938
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Invalid names: Manticoceras septentrionale Miller 1938 [synonym]
Crickites holzapfeli Wedekind 1913
Crickites lindneri Glenister 1958
Crickites neverovi Bogoslovsky 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1016.73.0054.027.216.3
shell diameter1034.16.50107.050.232.3
shell inflation109.342.0020.511.76.66

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Frasnian or 382.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Germany C. sp. (197088)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Algeria C. acutus (40456)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1United Kingdom (England) C. holzapfeli (135957)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1USA (New York) C. lindneri (136746) C. sp. (136748)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Russian Federation (Altai Krai) Manticoceras neverovi, Manticoceras altaicum (172141)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) C. lindneri (216426) Manticoceras lindneri (170958 170979 170985 170986 170987)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland C. neverovi, C. holzapfeli (135696)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Kazakhstan Manticoceras altaicum (172139)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1France (Alsace) C. sp., C. holzapfeli (38675)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Rhenish Massif) C. holzapfeli (5960)