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

Clydoniceras pseudodiscus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Clydoniceras pseudodiscus was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10763, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 60, Hauta Pass (Aramco S-1064), which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Clydoniceras pseudodiscus Arkell p. 282 figs. Pl 24, fig 8

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyClydoniceratinae(Buckman 1924)
genusClydoniceras
speciespseudodiscus

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.

show all | hide all
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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bathonian or 168.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Saudi Arabia Clydoniceras pseudodiscus (141338)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Clydoniceras pseudodiscus (48299 48302 48339 48369 48448)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Saudi Arabia Clydoniceras pseudodiscus (141418 184566 type locality: 184576 184579)