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Cadoceras (Paracadoceras) moffiti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Cadoceras (Paracadoceras) moffiti was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108084, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 10986, Iniskin Peninsula, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cadoceras (Paracadoceras) moffiti Imlay p. 87 figs. Pl 42, figs 3,4,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyArctocephalitinaeMeledina 1968
genusCadoceras
subgenusParacadoceras
speciesmoffiti

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 height132.0
shell diameter183.0
shell inflation125.0

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: Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Canada (British Columbia) Cadoceras moffiti (37627)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Cadoceras moffiti (type locality: 158881)