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Cheltonia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oxynoticeratidae

Taxonomy
Cheltonia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oxynoticeratidae by Howarth (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cheltonia Sepkoski
2013Cheltonia Howarth p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyOxynoticeratidaeHyatt 1875
genusCheltonia

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. †Cheltonia
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Cheltonia acciptris Buckman 1923
Cheltonia galeata Hoffmann 1944
Cheltonia oustense Rakús and Guex 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.37.8013.610.74.10
shell diameter225.521.430.325.96.29
shell inflation25.485.006.005.500.707

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 Turneri to the top of the Obtusum or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Morocco C. dennyi (200473 200474 200475 200476 200505 200510 200511 200585) C. dennyi, C. sp. (200587) C. sp. (200525 200534 200581 200610)
Oxynotum196.5 - 189.6Tunisia C. galeata (170512)
Oxynotum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Somerset) C. acciptris (159468 159469 159470 159471 159473 159474)
Turneri - Obtusum196.5 - 189.6Tunisia C. oustense (170503)