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Chesapeakiceras nodatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Chesapeakella nodatum was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1993). Its type specimen is USNM 445236, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is USGS D9719, Chesapeake and DE. Canal [Merchantville Fm], which is in a Santonian marine sandstone in the Merchantville Formation of Delaware. It is the type species of Chesapeakiceras, Chesapeakella.

It was recombined as Chesapeakiceras nodatum by Gane et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Chesapeakella nodatum Kennedy and Cobban p. 844 figs. pl. 14, figs. 12-17
2016Chesapeakiceras nodatum Gane et al. p. 11 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusChesapeakiceras
speciesnodatum()

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.

Chesapeakiceras nodatum Kennedy and Cobban 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available