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Calliconites

Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Calliconites Jeletzky p. 27
1994Calliconites Doyle p. 23
2002Calliconites Sepkoski
2018Calliconites Niko and Ehiro p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
orderAulacoceratidaStolley 1919
familyXiphoteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusCalliconites

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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Calliconites drakei Smith 1927
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Invalid names: Choanoteuthis antimonioensis Miller 1961 [synonym]
Calliconites milleri Doyle 1994
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Invalid names: Atractites burckhardti Smith 1914 [synonym]
Calliconites shimizui Niko and Ehiro 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Tuvalian or 248.10000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan C. shimizui (173664)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Atractites burckhardti (33225) Atractites nevadensis (33198 38923 38926 38927 44149 142861 143016 143217)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48USA (Nevada) Belemnites nevadensis (142621)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Mexico (Sonora) C. drakei, C. milleri (39173)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3USA (California) Atractites drakei (142611)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Mexico (Sonora) Choanoteuthis antimonioensis (32836)