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Pseudoceltites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoceltites was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Celtites multiplicatus.

It was assigned to Paranannitidae by Kummel (1969); to Xenodiscidae by Tozer (1981); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kashmiritidae by Spath (1934), Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Pseudoceltites Hyatt p. 558
1934Pseudoceltites Spath
1969Pseudoceltites Kummel
1981Pseudoceltites Tozer p. 88
2002Pseudoceltites Sepkoski
2012Pseudoceltites Brühwiler and Bucher p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyKashmiritidae
genusPseudoceltites

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. †Pseudoceltites Hyatt 1900
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Subg. †Pseudoceltites (Saikhanites) Zakharov and Ehiro 2006
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†Pseudoceltites (Saikhanites) khenteyensis Zakharov and Ehiro 2006
†Pseudoceltites darvazicus Shevyrev 1990
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Invalid names: Celtites dimorphus Waagen 1895 [synonym]
†Pseudoceltites normalis Waagen 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height329.713.2027.09.604.71
shell diameter3228.99.9070.028.414.1
shell inflation3210.93.1034.911.67.14

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Spathian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Celtites multiplicatus, Celtites dimorphus (143646) Ceratites normalis (143635) P. dimorphus (102327) P. multiplicatus (139068 139069) P. normalis (139070)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Tajikistan P. darvazicus (97864 97865 97866)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Mongolia P. sp., P. khenteyensis (142564)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1India (Himachal Pradesh) P. multiplicatus (139623 139624 139625 140329) P. sp. (139648)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Gunagxi) P. contractus, P. ellipticus (44014) P. kwangsianus (44009)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Xizang) P. multiplicatus (97335 97336 97337 97338 97339 97340 97341 97356 229719 229720 229758 229759 229760 229761 229762 229763 229764 229790 229791 229792 229793)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Anhui) P. sp. (111494 111496)