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Cheloniceras reesidei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Cheloniceras reesidei was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1346A, Hulen Creek, upper beds, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in California.

It was recombined as Acanthohoplites reesidei by Murphy (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Cheloniceras reesidei Anderson pp. 178 - 179 figs. Plate 47, figure 1
1956Acanthohoplites reesidei Murphy pp. 2117; Fig. 6

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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
speciesreesidei

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 reesidei 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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 122.46000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (California) Acanthohoplites reesidei (216357 216359 216360 216361 216365 216366)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (California) Cheloniceras reesidei (type locality: 83772)