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Cleoniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Cleoniceras was named by Parona and Bonarelli (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-l K Albi-m]. It is the type genus of Cleoniceratinae.

It was assigned to Hoplitidae by Kennedy et al. (1980); to Cleoniceratinae by Wright (1952), Jeletzky (1980), Kennedy et al. (1981) and Alabushev (1995); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cleoniceratidae by Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cleoniceras Parona and Bonarelli
1952Cleoniceras Wright
1980Cleoniceras Jeletzky p. 2
1980Cleoniceras Kennedy et al. p. 235
1981Cleoniceras Kennedy et al. p. 230
1995Cleoniceras Alabushev p. 126
2002Cleoniceras Sepkoski
2007Cleoniceras Szives p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCleoniceratidae()
genusCleonicerasParona and Bonarelli 1897

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. †Cleoniceras Parona and Bonarelli 1897
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Subg. †Cleoniceras (Cleoniceras) Parona and Bonarelli 1897
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Subg. †Cleoniceras (Neosaynella) Casey 1954
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†Cleoniceras cleon d'Orbigny 1841
†Cleoniceras dilleri Jones 1960
†Cleoniceras overbecki Imlay 1960
†Cleoniceras schlaudti Stoyanow 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height419.910.034.022.310.9
shell diameter444.031.761.044.513.1
shell inflation46.744.808.207.251.47

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 112.03000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) C. madagascariense (86497)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Alaska) C. sp. (38516)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) C. jonesi (219049)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (87666)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar C. madagascariense (98228) C. tenuicostulatum (98229)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Oregon) C. dilleri (88612)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan (Hokkaido) C. sp. (92725)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (Kent) C. inornatum (170862)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) C. floridum (1863) C. floridum, C. janneli, C. seunesi, C. quercifolium, C. sp., C. cleon, C. inornatum (1783) C. floridum, C. sp., C. cleon, C. inornatum (1827) C. morgani (1826) C. quercifolium (1785 1818) C. sp. (1847) C. sp., C. floridum (1846) C. sp., C. floridum, C. inornatum (1834) C. sublaeve (77949)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Iran C. sp. (197584)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Russian Federation C. leightonense (169549)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina C. santacrucense (159012)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Nunavut) C. canadense (87596) C. discoides, C. canadense (87594 87597) C. discoides, C. strigosum, C. canadense (87593)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3United Kingdom (England) C. morgani (1766)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (Alberta) C. tailleuri (87389)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. argentinum (222319)