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Clionitites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Clionitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Clionites Mojsisovics
1896Arpadites (Clionites) von Mojsisovics
1920Clionites Diener
1929Clionitites Strand p. 8
1951Clionites Spath p. 49
1966Clionites Creutzburg et al.
1981Clionitites Tozer p. 97
1994Clionitites Tozer p. 174
1998Clionitites Gómez-Luna et al.
2002Clionitites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyClionitidaeArabu 1932
genusClionitites

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. †Clionitites Strand 1929
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Clionitites arietinus Tozer 1994
Clionitites laevis Tozer 1994
Clionitites punctulus Tozer 1994
Clionitites reesidei Johnson 1941
Invalid names: Clionites Mojsisovics 1893 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height126.403.3012.47.856.43
shell diameter1224.910.042.724.69.52
shell inflation128.494.1017.610.99.55

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Lacian or 242.00000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Mexico (Zacatecas) C. sp. (216482)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Clionites barentsi, Clionites spinosus (212201 212215)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) C. sp. (171942)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Malaysia (Kelantan) C. sp. (211342)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Canada (British Columbia) C. venerabilis (137394)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (California) C. angulosus (205009)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Greece Clionites catharinae (217093)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (Lombardy) C. sp., C. busiris (56922)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Oregon) Clionites sp. 1, Clionites sp. 2 (220464)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Austria Clionites quinquespinatus (222675)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) Clionites sp. (214671)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Clionites sp. (112266)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Indonesia (North Sumatra) Clionites sp. (204431)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy C. sp. (50840 50849 50850 50851 50852 50853 50855)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Mexico Clionites sp. (201951)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Israel (Negev) Clionites sp., Clionites rarecostatus (214655)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Canada (British Columbia) C. arietinus (137244) C. callazonensis, C. reesidei (49715 56877) C. reesidei (137672)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Russian Federation C. sp. (143995)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5China (Guizhou) Clionites zeilleri (85166)
Tuvalian - Lacian232.0 - 215.56China (Sichuan) Clionites sp. (25406)
Norian228.0 - 208.5India Arpadites sp., Arpadites salteri, Arpadites hughesi, Arpadites spinosus (85471)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary Clionites pseudonodosus (73270)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Nepal (Byans) Clionites sp. (214672)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) C. punctulus (137026) C. punctulus, C. laevis (138592)