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Cheloniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Cheloniceras Hyatt
1975Cheloniceras Förster p. 194
1975Cheloniceras Murphy p. 48
1982Cheloniceras Renz p. 26
2002Cheloniceras Sepkoski
2007Cheloniceras Szives p. 61
2018Cheloniceras El Qot p. 166
2018Cheloniceras Futakami p. 225
2024Cheloniceras Lehmann and Aly p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyDouvilleiceratoidea(Parona and Bonarelli 1897)
familyDouvilleiceratidaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
subfamilyCheloniceratinaeSpath 1923
genusChelonicerasHyatt 1903

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. †Cheloniceras Hyatt 1903
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Subg. †Cheloniceras (Cheloniceras) Hyatt 1903
Subg. †Cheloniceras (Paracheloniceras) Collignon 1962
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Invalid names: Cheloniceras (Paracheloniceras) guenoti Collignon 1965 [synonym]
†Cheloniceras bradleyi Anderson 1938
†Cheloniceras buxtorfi Jacob and Tobler 1906
†Cheloniceras cornuelianum d'Orbigny 1840
†Cheloniceras crassum Spath 1930
†Cheloniceras debile Casey 1962
†Cheloniceras delagoense Krenkel 1912
†Cheloniceras flenoyi Anderson 1938
†Cheloniceras gottschei Kilian 1902
†Cheloniceras irregulare Anderson 1938
†Cheloniceras neivai Henriques da Silva 1962
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Invalid names: Cheloniceras moraisi Henriques da Silva 1962 [synonym]
†Cheloniceras percrassum Collignon 1962
†Cheloniceras populorum Anderson 1938
†Cheloniceras reesidei Anderson 1938
†Cheloniceras sornayi Henriques da Silva 1962
†Cheloniceras waageni Anthula 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1125.616.086.022.019.8
shell diameter1163.445.0194.055.043.1
shell inflation1119.112.956.016.612.5

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (112 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57USA (Texas) C. cornuelianum (84438) C. sp., C. cornuelianum (52912)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) C. kirkaldyi (77950) C. parinodum (77923) C. rotundum (77951)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France C. crassum (228367 228368 228369 228370 228371 228373 228388 228390 228391 228393 228395 228399 228401 228404 228405 228406) C. sp. (56530 228386 228402 228403)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Iran C. sp. (236104 236105 236106 236143 236146 236148 236154 236157 236158)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mozambique C. delagoense, C. gottschei (174803) C. sornayi, C. neivai (174831)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Japan C. shimizui, C. minimus, C. parinodum, C. sp. (65019)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57South Africa C. sp. (65845)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain C. cornuelianum (154651 154652 154656) C. sp. (154649)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Nuevo León) C. sp. (220648 220649 220650 220651 220653 220654 220655 220659 220660 220685 220686 220688 220690) C. sp., C. meyendorffi (220689)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Egypt C. cornuelianum (235864 235867)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Georgia C. sp. (2116)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan C. sp. (180422)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Germany C. cornuelianum (64183)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Morocco (Western High Atlas) C. seminodosum, C. cornuelianum (2069) C. sp. (2070)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) C. buxtorfi (1762 1778) C. cornuelianum (1769) C. crassum (1866) C. crassum, C. cornuelianum (1753 1775) C. debile, C. martinioides (1759) C. kiliani, C. sp., C. crassum, C. cornuelianum (1754) C. meyendorffi, C. crassum, C. cornuelianum (1757 1820) C. meyendorffi, C. gracile, C. sp., C. debile, C. martinioides, C. cornuelianum (1822) C. meyendorffi, C. kiliani (1758) C. parinodum (1752 1839) C. parinodum, C. kiliani, C. cornuelianum (1838) C. parinodum, C. meyendorffi, C. crassum (1776) C. sp. (1749 1750 1821 1867) C. sp., C. buxtorfi (1779) C. sp., C. crassum, C. cornuelianum (1756 1870) C. volgense, C. gracile, C. sp. (1760)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Brazil C. sp. (115143)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico C. fossae, C. inconstans (87926)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2India (Gujarat) C. martini (66782)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Nuevo Léon) C. fossae, C. inconstans (87927)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Venezuela (Sucre) C. debile, C. buxtorfi (87916)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) C. subnodocostatum (89547)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Germany C. laticostatum, C. buxtorfi (64189) C. seminodosum (64185)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain C. gracile (184480)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Madagascar C. cornueli (83997) C. cornueli, Epicheloniceras wrighti (83996) C. percrassum (168089) C. waageni (84025)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Venezuela C. sp. (94208)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico Douvilleiceras buxtorfi (65624)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Colombia (Tolima) C. sp. (64088)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Hungary C. cornuelianum, C. rerati (226273)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (California) Acanthohoplites reesidei (216357 216359 216360 216361 216365 216366)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1USA (California) C. stoliczkanum, C. bradleyi (216128)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (California) C. reesidei (83772)