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Clymenia

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Clymeniidae

Taxonomy
Clymenia was named by Münster (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Planulites laevigatus.

It was reranked as Goniatites (Clymenia) by Hall (1874).

It was assigned to Goniatites by Hall (1874); to Clymeniida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clymeniidae by Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Clymenia Münster
1874Goniatites (Clymenia) Hall
2002Clymenia Sepkoski
2006Clymenia Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderClymeniina
superfamilyClymeniaceaeEdwards 1849
familyClymeniidaeEdwards 1849
genusClymeniaMünster 1834

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. †Clymenia Münster 1834
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Clymenia laevigata Muenster 1832
Clymenia nana Munster 1839
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: 2005-10-06 14:37:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) C. laevigata (39070)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) C. hoevelensis (234931)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Kazakhstan C. spiratissima, C. laevigata (172165)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Morocco C. nana (172578) C. sp. (170825)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) C. laevigata (39071 39113)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany C. laevigata (223449)