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Calliphylloceras benacense

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites benacensis was named by Catullo (1847).

It was recombined as Phylloceras benacense by Waagen (1875); it was recombined as Calliphylloceras benacense by Grigore (2011), Grigore (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. achtalense, C. aldersoni, C. aveyronense, C. beatricis, C. capitanei, C. cheneriense, C. lodaense, C. lodaiense, C. mediterraneum, C. nilsoni, C. ponticuli, C. thevenini, Phylloceras biciolae

Synonyms

Phylloceras bekasense was named by Herbich (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ghilcoş outcrop (Herbich collection), which is in a Kimmeridgian marine sandstone in Romania.

It was synonymized subjectively with Calliphylloceras benacense by Grigore (2011), Grigore (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Ammonites benacensis Catullo
1875	Phylloceras benacense Waagen p. 33
1878	Phylloceras bekasense Herbich
2011	Calliphylloceras benacense Grigore p. 194 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,3; pl 2, fig 12
2013	Calliphylloceras benacense Grigore p. 85 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,3; pl 2, fig 12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Phylloceratida	(Zittel 1884)
superfamily	Phylloceratoidea	(Zittel 1884)
family	Phylloceratidae	Zittel 1884
subfamily	Calliphylloceratinae	Spath 1927
genus	Calliphylloceras	Spath 1927
species	benacense	(Catullo 1847)

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.

†Calliphylloceras benacense Catullo 1847

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Invalid names: Phylloceras bekasense Herbich 1878 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2009-09-27 10:11:29

Modified:

2009-09-27 12:11:29

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 165.30000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Calliphylloceras benacense (68657)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	157.9 - 154.8	Italy (Trapani)	Calliphylloceras benacense (36925 36966)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 152.21	Romania	Calliphylloceras benacense (198359) Phylloceras bekasense (198398)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 152.21	Madagascar	Calliphylloceras benacense (234272)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Madagascar	Calliphylloceras benacense (234301)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Romania	Calliphylloceras benacense (198506 198507)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Madagascar	Calliphylloceras benacense (98162)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Romania	Calliphylloceras benacense (198312 198371 198373)