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Celox arctica

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae

Taxonomy
Celox arctica was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1896/9, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Ptichiy Bazar, Wrangel Island, which is in a Pennsylvanian/Cisuralian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Celox arctica Shimanskiy p. 84 figs. Pl 8, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyPleuronautiloideaHyatt 1900
familyGzheloceratidae
genusCelox
speciesarctica

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.

†Celox arctica Shimanskiy 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Pennsylvanian to the top of the Cisuralian or 323.40000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian - Cisuralian323.4 - 274.4Russian Federation Celox arctica (type locality: 166294 166295)