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Sinoceltites delicatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae

Taxonomy
Sinoceltites delicatus was named by Guo (1988). Its type specimen is NIGP 10020 and is a mold. Its type locality is Baoqing, Changxing County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tapashanites delicatus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Sinoceltites delicatus Guo p. 395 figs. Pl 1, fig 8; text-fig 6
2002Tapashanites delicatus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyTapashanitidae
genusSinoceltites
speciesdelicatus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Sinoceltites delicatus (type locality: 94954)