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Cheloniceras bradleyi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Cheloniceras bradleyi was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 159, East branch of Hulen Creek, which is in an Aptian/Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Cheloniceras bradleyi Anderson p. 177 figs. Plate 52, figures 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyDouvilleiceratoidea(Parona and Bonarelli 1897)
familyDouvilleiceratidaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
subfamilyCheloniceratinaeSpath 1923
genusChelonicerasHyatt 1903
speciesbradleyi

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.

†Cheloniceras bradleyi Anderson 1938
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (California) Cheloniceras bradleyi (type locality: 216128)