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Cotteswoldia mactra

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Ammonites mactra Dumortier
1995Pleydellia mactra Rulleau
2001Cotteswoldia mactra Schulbert p. 83 figs. Pl 9, figs 14,15; pl 25, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyGrammoceratinaeBuckman 1904
genusCotteswoldia
speciesmactra(Dumortier 1874)

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.

Cotteswoldia mactra Dumortier 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height315.313.018.015.53.54
diameter334.630.046.030.09.24
inflation311.69.0015.012.04.24

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 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany (Bavaria) Cotteswoldia mactra (51810 51811 51818 51819 51820 51821 51822 51823)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7France Pleydellia mactra (210824 210885)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Bulgaria Pleydellia mactra (151027)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain (Granada) Pleydellia mactra (201308 201345 201352)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain (Murcia) Pleydellia mactra (201649 201650 201651)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany Cotteswoldia mactra (59435 59436 59437)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) Pleydellia mactra (147145 147194)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Italy (Sicily) Pleydellia mactra (151228)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain Pleydellia mactra (131825 147126 147127 147128 147130 147131 147132)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France Pleydellia mactra (148816 148817 161689)