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Calliconites nevadensis

Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae

Taxonomy
Belemnites nevadensis was named by Meek (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cottonwood Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian carbonate limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Atractites nevadensis by Silberling and Nichols (1982); it was recombined as Calliconites nevadensis by Doyle (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Belemnites nevadensis Meek p. 138 figs. Pl 12, figs 7,8
1914Atractites burckhardti Smith p. 138 figs. Pl 96, figs 6,7
1982Atractites nevadensis Silberling and Nichols p. 65 figs. Pl 34, figs 26-33
1994Calliconites nevadensis Doyle p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
orderAulacoceratidaStolley 1919
familyXiphoteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusCalliconites
speciesnevadensis()

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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Invalid names: Atractites burckhardti Smith 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464USA (Nevada) Atractites burckhardti (33225) Atractites nevadensis (33198 38923 38926 38927 44149 142861 143016 143217)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48USA (Nevada) Belemnites nevadensis (type locality: 142621)