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Selwoodites cornwallensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Discoclymenia cornwallensis was named by Sellwood (1960).

It was recombined as Posttornoceras cornwallensis by Korn and Klug (2002); it was recombined as Selwoodites cornwallensis by Becker (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Discoclymenia cornwallensis Sellwood
2002Selwoodites cornwallensis Becker p. 70
2002Posttornoceras cornwallensis Korn and Klug p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
genusSelwoodites
speciescornwallensis(Sellwood 1960)

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.

Selwoodites cornwallensis Sellwood 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany Selwoodites cornwallensis (172523)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Discoclymenia cornwallensis (234932)