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Cyclolituites

Cephalopoda - Lituitida - Lituitidae

Taxonomy
Cyclolituites was named by Remelé (1886). Its type is Lituites applanatus.

It was assigned to Trocholitidae by Ulrich et al. (1942); and to Lituitidae by Sweet (1958), Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cyclolituites Remelé
1942Cyclolituites Ulrich et al.
1958Cyclolituites Sweet
1964Cyclolituites Teichert et al. p. 366
1981Cyclolituites Crick p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderLituitidaStarobogatov 1983
familyLituitidaePhilips 1848
genusCyclolituitesRemelé 1886

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. †Cyclolituites Remelé 1886
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Cyclolituites applanatus Remele 1880
Cyclolituites kjerulfi Sweet 1958
Cyclolituites lynnensis Kjerulf 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-05-17 02:48:12
Modified: 2009-05-17 04:48:12
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Harnagian or 477.70000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. americanus (100026)
Aseri463.5 - 460.9Norway (Nes-Hamar) C. lynnensis (56194)
Aseri463.5 - 460.9Norway (Hadeland) C. lynnensis, C. kjerulfi (164171)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Sweden C. sp. (2931)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Guizhou) C. sp. (4752)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2China (Hubei) C. sp. (4708)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (XinJiang) C. sp. (20802)