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Clionitites punctulus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Clionitidae

Taxonomy
Clionitites punctulus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 29698 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68180, Mount McLearn, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Baldonnel Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Clionitites punctulus Tozer p. 175 figs. Pl 109, figs 14a-d; text-fig 87c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyClionitidaeArabu 1932
genusClionitites
speciespunctulus

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.

Clionitites punctulus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter123.1

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: Lacian or 227.30000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Canada (British Columbia) Clionitites punctulus (137026 type locality: 138592)