Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Crickites altaicus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Manticoceras altaicum was named by Bogoslovsky (1958). Its type specimen is PIN 773/15, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ridge northeast of Nikolaevskoe mine, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Crickites altaicus by Korn and Klug (2002).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-07-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Manticoceras altaicum Bogoslovsky
1969Manticoceras altaicum Bogoslovsky p. 227 figs. Pl 15, fig 4
2002Crickites altaicus Korn and Klug p. 107

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusCrickitesWedekind 1913
speciesaltaicus(Bogoslovsky 1958)

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.

Crickites altaicus Bogoslovsky 1958
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height231.827.437.032.26.79
shell diameter269.661.079.570.213.1
shell inflation218.416.620.518.62.76

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Altai Krai) Manticoceras altaicum (172141)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Kazakhstan Manticoceras altaicum (172139)