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Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) Frech
2008Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) House and Kirchgasser p. 181

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyCheiloceratinaeFrech 1897
genusCheilocerasFrech 1897
subgenusCheilocerasFrech 1897

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.

Subg. †Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) Frech 1897
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Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) amblylobum Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras globulare Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) sacculus Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras arcuatuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras atavum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras avaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras sinuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras subsinuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height610.37.1015.010.03.52
shell diameter618.213.728.216.76.00
shell inflation60.0100.0011.000.0010.516

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 372.15000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Cheiloceras subpartitum (135716)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Kazakhstan Cheiloceras sp. I, Cheiloceras sp. II, Cheiloceras amblylobum (172154)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany Cheiloceras amblylobum (187041) Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras subpartitum (187042 187045 187047 187048 187049 187050 187059 187062 187064) Cheiloceras subpartitum (187039 187043 187044 187046 187051 187053 187054 187055 187056 187057 187058 187060 187061 187063)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New York) Cheiloceras amblylobum (84629 136818 136819 136820 136821 136822 136823 136824 136825 136887 136889)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Cheiloceras subpartitum, Cheiloceras amblylobum (5960)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras sacculus (65364 65388) Cheiloceras sp., Cheiloceras sacculus (39093 65362 65363)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Nei Mongol) Cheiloceras subpartitum (3957)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras sacculus (39097 39103 39104)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Kazakhstan Cheiloceras circumflexum (172156)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Poland Cheiloceras subpartitum (135725)