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Clypites typicus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae

Taxonomy
Clypites typicus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nanga, white limestone between Ceratite Marls, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Clypites.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Clypites typicus Waagen p. 143 figs. Pl 21, fig 7
1895Clypites kingianus Waagen p. 144 figs. Pl 21, fig 8; pl 22, fig 3
1895Clypites evolvens Waagen p. 146 figs. Pl 22, fig 2
1934Clypites typicus Spath
2010Clypites typicus Brühwiler et al. p. 6 fig. 21
2018Clypites typicus Ware and Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilySagecerataceaeHyatt 1884
familyHedenstroemiidaeWaagen 1895
genusClypites
speciestypicus

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.

†Clypites typicus Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Clypites evolvens Waagen 1895 [synonym], Clypites kingianus Waagen 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height431.323.039.032.97.10
shell diameter454.238.079.054.017.9
shell inflation40.0510.00111.00.3005.41

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Triassic or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Afghanistan (Paktia) Clypites typicus (41670)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Xizang) Clypites typicus (229709)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Russian Federation Clypeoceras spitiense (90211)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2USA (Nevada) Clypites evolvens (96955)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Pakistan (Punjab) Clypites typicus (217490 217491 217506 217512)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Pakistan Clypites kingianus, Clypites evolvens (143632) Clypites typicus (139060 140685 type locality: 143806)