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Cheloniceras cornuelianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites cornuelianus was named by d'Orbigny (1840). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cheloniceras cornuelianus by Renz (1982); it was recombined as Cheloniceras (Cheloniceras) cornuelianum by Szives (2007); it was recombined as Cheloniceras cornuelianum by Lehmann and Aly (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites cornuelianus d'Orbigny
1982Cheloniceras cornuelianus Renz p. 26
2007Cheloniceras (Cheloniceras) cornuelianum Szives p. 61 figs. Pl 6, figs 2,3,7,8,9,12; text-fig 42
2024Cheloniceras cornuelianum Lehmann and Aly p. 5 fig. 4,5

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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
speciescornuelianum(d'Orbigny 1840)

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 cornuelianum d'Orbigny 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height922.416.038.821.96.57
shell diameter956.645.088.350.014.6
shell inflation917.212.929.715.95.36

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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) Cheloniceras cornuelianum (2069)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Cheloniceras cornuelianum (1753 1754 1756 1757 1769 1775 1820 1822 1838 1870)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Germany Cheloniceras cornuelianum (64183)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Hungary Cheloniceras cornuelianum (226273)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Egypt Cheloniceras cornuelianum (235864 235867)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Cheloniceras cornuelianum (154651 154652 154656)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46USA (Texas) Cheloniceras cornuelianum (52912 84438)