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Cycloceltites cowichanensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cycloceltitidae

Taxonomy
Cycloceltites cowichanensis was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 17015 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 23372, Cowichan Lake, which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone in the Sutton Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Cycloceltites cowichanensis Tozer p. 264 figs. Pl 147, figs 11,12; text-fig 120d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyChoristoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyCycloceltitidae
genusCycloceltitesMojsisovics 1893
speciescowichanensis

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
partNmean
shell height13.50
shell diameter112.5
shell inflation16.50

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: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Colombia (Tolima) Cycloceltites cowichanensis (101053)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) Cycloceltites cowichanensis (type locality: 137113)