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Clitendoceras

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Clitendoceras was named by Ulrich and Foerste (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Aren-u]. Its type is Clitendoceras saylesi.

It was assigned to Proterocameratidae by Crick (1981); and to Proterocameroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Hook and Flower (1977), Kröger and Landing (2008) and Evans (2011).

Species
C. montrealense, C. saylesi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Clitendoceras Ulrich and Foerste
1964Clitendoceras Teichert et al. p. 166
1977Clitendoceras Hook and Flower
1981Clitendoceras Crick p. 226
2008Clitendoceras Kröger and Landing
2011Clitendoceras Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusClitendocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936

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. †Clitendoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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Clitendoceras montrealense Ruedemann 1906
Clitendoceras saylesi Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (New York) C. saylesi (89490 89491) C. sp. (289)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) C. sp. (283)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Maryland) C. sp. (285 292)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (New York) C. montrealense (42798)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (188714 188716 188719 188723 188724 188738)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (HeBei) C. sp. (7957 7968)