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Bilinguites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Reticuloceratidae

Taxonomy
Bilinguites was named by Librovitch (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302,304]. It is not extant. Its type is Reticuloceras superbilingue.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Reticuloceratidae by Korn (2006); and to Reticuloceratinae by Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Bilinguites Librovitch
2002Bilinguites Sepkoski
2006Bilinguites Korn
2009Bilinguites Furnish et al. p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyReticuloceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
subfamilyReticuloceratinaeLibrovich 1957
genusBilinguitesLibrovitch 1946

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. †Bilinguites Librovitch 1946
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Bilinguites canadensis Nassichuk 1975
Bilinguites degeneratus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
Bilinguites eliasi Manger and Saunders 1980
Bilinguites eximius Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
Bilinguites heibergensis Nassichuk 1975
Bilinguites politus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height247.922.4023.07.604.76
shell diameter2418.78.9058.017.111.0
shell inflation244.692.0017.04.303.19

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Marsdenian to the top of the Yeadonian or 321.30000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) B. eliasi (43136)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2China (Nei Mongol) B. gracilis (673)
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0Russian Federation B. metabilinguis (67756)
Marsdenian - Yeadonian321.3 - 318.7Canada (Nunavut) B. canadensis (170654 170655) B. sp., B. heibergensis (170664)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Uzbekistan B. politus (68201 68204 68208 68210) B. politus, B. degeneratus (68205 68206) B. politus, B. eximius (38723) B. superbilinguis (68211)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7China (Ningxia) B. scalpratus (220776 220777)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Russian Federation B. superbilinguis (67722 67726)