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Crestaites meneghinii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hammatoceras meneghinii was named by Bonarelli (1899). It is not extant. It is the type species of Crestaites.

It was recombined as Crestaites meneghinii by Kovács (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Hammatoceras meneghinii Bonarelli
2009Crestaites meneghinii Kovács p. 20 fig. 10,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
subfamilyHammatoceratinaeBuckman 1887
genusCrestaitesRulleau and Elmi 2001
speciesmeneghinii(Bonarelli 1899)

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.

Crestaites meneghinii Bonarelli 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height546.236.051.050.06.23
shell diameter5182.4142.0205.0195.028.8
shell inflation590.766.0114.0100.021.6

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Italy (Sicily) Crestaites meneghinii (151227)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) Crestaites meneghinii (234054)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Hungary Crestaites meneghinii (108577 108579 108593 108594 108595 108597 108631 108633) Hammatoceras meneghinii (64305)