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Galaticeras canavarii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Amphiceras canavarii was named by Fucini (1899).

It was recombined as Castanyiceras canavarii by Rakús and Guex (2002); it was recombined as Galaticeras canavarii by Venturi et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Amphiceras canavarii Fucini p. 167 figs. Pl 23, fig 1
2002Castanyiceras canavarii Rakús and Guex p. 62 figs. Pl 21, fig 3b; text-fig 48
2005Galaticeras canavarii Venturi et al. p. 94 figs. Pl 1, fig 6; pl 2, figs 5-10; text-figs 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyEctocentritinaeSpath 1926
genusGalaticeras
speciescanavarii(Fucini 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.

Galaticeras canavarii Fucini 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height355.392.1031.24.906.04
shell diameter3513.25.6085.212.016.2
shell inflation354.151.2032.33.906.07

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: base of the Jamesoni to the top of the Ibex or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Italy Galaticeras canavarii (146997 146998)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Castanyiceras canavarii (170511)