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Crestaites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Crestaites was named by Rulleau and Elmi (2001). It is not extant. Its type is Hammatoceras meneghinii.

It was assigned to Hammatoceratinae by Kovács (2009), Howarth (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Crestaites Rulleau and Elmi
2009Crestaites Kovács
2013Crestaites Howarth p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
subfamilyHammatoceratinaeBuckman 1887
genusCrestaitesRulleau and Elmi 2001

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. †Crestaites Rulleau and Elmi 2001
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†Crestaites goyi Martinez 1992
†Crestaites meneghinii Bonarelli 1899
†Crestaites szentei Kovács 2009
†Crestaites victorii Bonarelli 1895
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Invalid names: Hammatoceras strictum Prinz 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1339.523.052.038.08.75
shell diameter13157.688.0214.0160.036.5
shell inflation1384.044.0121.087.021.7

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: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Italy (Sicily) C. meneghinii (151227)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) C. meneghinii, C. victorii (234054)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Tunisia Hammatoceras goyi (170604)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France C. meneghini (161679)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Hungary C. meneghinii (108593 108594 108631) C. meneghinii, C. victorii (108577 108579 108597) C. raricostatus, C. victorii (108576) C. szentei (108684) C. szentei, C. meneghinii, C. raricostatus, C. victorii, C. goyi (108633) C. szentei, C. meneghinii, C. victorii (108595) C. szentei, C. victorii (108596 108598 108634 108635) C. victorii (108578 108599 108629 108630 108632 108638)