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Silenticeras hatae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Daphnites (Silenticeras) hatae was named by McLearn (1930). Its type specimen is GSC 9043 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 9163, Beattie Ledge, which is in a Longobardian marine siltstone in the Toad Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Silenticeras.

It was recombined as Silenticeras hatae by Spath (1951), Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Daphnites (Silenticeras) hatae McLearn p. 4 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1951Silenticeras hatae Spath p. 59
1994Silenticeras hatae Tozer p. 151 figs. Pl 74, figs 6-9; text-figs 57a-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyArpaditinaeHyatt 1900
genusSilenticerasMcLearn 1930
specieshatae(McLearn 1930)

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.

Silenticeras hatae McLearn 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.914.117.916.02.69
shell diameter337.830.046.239.08.12
shell inflation38.096.0010.98.453.46

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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Canada (British Columbia) Silenticeras hatae (43791 type locality: 137017 137018 137019 137020 137514 138621)