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Calaiceras

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Calaiceras was named by Kovács (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie-u]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Phylloceras (Calaiceras) by Blau and Meister (1991).

It was assigned to Phylloceras by Blau and Meister (1991); to Phylloceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phylloceratinae by Géczy and Meister (1998) and Meister and Friebe (2003).

Species
C. calais

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Calaiceras Kovács
1991Phylloceras (Calaiceras) Blau and Meister p. 177
1998Calaiceras Géczy and Meister
2002Calaiceras Sepkoski
2003Calaiceras Meister and Friebe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusCalaicerasKovács 1939

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. †Calaiceras Kovács 1939
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†Calaiceras calais Meneghini 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter460.944.0116.052.033.6

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Jamesoni or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.3 - 182.7Austria C. calais (218903)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Hungary C. calais (109153 109531)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Hungary (Veszprém Megye) C. calais (81547 81548 81549)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Tunisia C. calais (170523)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Austria Phylloceras calais (194498)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Morocco C. calais (148873 148874 148947)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary C. calais (109099 109106 109109 109110 109152 109491 109496 109497 109498 109500 109514)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Austria Phylloceras calais (145292)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Italy C. calais (196609 196614 196617 196622 196648)