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Silberlingitoides cricki

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy

Ceratites (Paraceratites) cricki was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada. It is the type species of Silberlingia.

It was recombined as Paraceratites cricki by Spath (1934) and Silberling and Nichols (1982); it was recombined as Silberlingia cricki by Monnet and Bucher (2005); it was recombined as Silberlingitoides cricki by Monnet and Bucher (2006).

Synonyms

Ceratites (Paraceratites) taurus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paraceratites cricki by Silberling and Nichols (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Silberlingia cricki by Monnet and Bucher (2005).
Ceratites (Paraceratites) burckhardti was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Paraceratites burckhardti by Silberling and Nichols (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Silberlingia cricki by Monnet and Bucher (2005).
Ceratites (Paraceratites) newberryi was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Pass, Desatoya Mountains, which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Ceratites newberryi by Smith (1914); it was recombined as Paraceratites newberryi by Spath (1934) and Silberling (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Paraceratites vogdesi by Silberling and Nichols (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Silberlingia cricki by Monnet and Bucher (2005).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Ceratites newberryi Smith
1914	Ceratites (Paraceratites) cricki Smith p. 87 figs. Pl. 37, Figs. 6-13; Pl. 38, Figs. 1-8; Pl. 47, Figs. 19-21
1914	Ceratites (Paraceratites) taurus Smith p. 87 figs. Pl 37, figs 6-13; pl 38, figs 1-12; pl 47, figs 19-24
1914	Ceratites (Paraceratites) burckhardti Smith p. 90 figs. Pl 52, figs 19-21
1914	Ceratites (Paraceratites) newberryi Smith p. 92 figs. Pl 40, figs 1-14
1934	Paraceratites cricki Spath
1934	Paraceratites newberryi Spath
1962	Paraceratites newberryi Silberling
1982	Paraceratites burckhardti Silberling and Nichols p. 31 figs. Pl 15, figs 6-18
1982	Paraceratites cricki Silberling and Nichols p. 34 figs. Pl 17, figs 6-20
2005	Silberlingia cricki Monnet and Bucher p. 40 figs. 33,34,40; pl 25, fig 5; pls 26,27
2006	Silberlingitoides cricki Monnet and Bucher p. 128

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Ceratitoidea	(Mojsisovics 1879)
family	Ceratitidae	Mojsisovics 1879
subfamily	Paraceratitinae	Silberling 1962
genus	Silberlingitoides
species	cricki	()

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.

†Silberlingitoides cricki Smith 1914

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Invalid names: Ceratites (Paraceratites) burckhardti Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites (Paraceratites) taurus Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites newberryi Smith 1914 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	22	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	-
shell diameter	22	36.8	16.1	91.0	39.0	16.9
shell inflation	22	13.0	12.0	14.0	13.0	1.41

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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Anisian	247.2 - 242.0	China (Guangxi)	Ceratites cricki (204657)
Illyrian	247.2 - 242.0	USA (Nevada)	Ceratites cricki, Ceratites newberryi (33270) Ceratites cricki, Ceratites taurus, Ceratites burckhardti, Ceratites newberryi (142669) Paraceratites burckhardti (40749 142862) Paraceratites cricki (40759 142865 143027) Silberlingia cricki (115469 115543 115544 115554 115555 115558 115561 116366 116367 116368)
Illyrian	247.2 - 242.0	Israel	Paraceratites cricki (63948)