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Borealites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Taxonomy
Borealites was named by Klimova (1969).

It was assigned to Tolliinae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Borealites Klimova
1996Borealites Wright et al. p. 22
2003Borealites Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyCraspeditidaeSpath 1934
subfamilyTolliinaeSpath 1952
genusBorealitesKlimova 1969

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.

G. †Borealites Klimova 1969
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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: Early/Lower Berriasian or 143.10000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Greenland B. fedorovi (66550 66551)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation B. fedorovi, B. radialis, B. explicatus, B. mirus (2488) B. fedorovi, B. radialis, B. explicatus, B. mirus, B. suritiformis (2489) B. sp. (2496 2499 65699 65700) B. suprasubditus (65433)