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Crassiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Crassiceras is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Crassiceras Sepkoski
2013Crassiceras Howarth p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPhymatoceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusCrassiceras

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.

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Crassiceras canavarii Franceschi 1921
Crassiceras dimorphum Merla 1932
Crassiceras gradatum Merla 1932
Crassiceras latum Merla 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter145.7

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 Bifrons to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 182.00000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Italy C. sp. (147043)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) C. latum, C. gradatum (234054)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Hungary C. canavarii (108470) C. dimorphum (108082) C. dimorphum, C. canavarii (107911) C. latum (108081)