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Canavaria

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Canavaria was named by Gemmellaro (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Harpoceras (Dumortieria) haugi.

It was assigned to Arieticeratinae by Howarth (1955), Thomson and Smith (1992), Smith and Tipper (1996), Sepkoski (2002), Hillebrandt (2006) and Howarth (2013); and to Harpoceratinae by Benzaggagh et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Canavaria Gemmellaro
1949Naxensiceras Vecchia
1955Canavaria Howarth
1980Oregonites Wiedenmayer
1992Canavaria Thomson and Smith p. 38
1996Canavaria Smith and Tipper p. 59
1996Oregonites Smith and Tipper p. 59
2002Canavaria Sepkoski
2006Canavaria Hillebrandt p. 249
2013Canavaria Howarth p. 86
2023Canavaria Benzaggagh et al. p. 452

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusCanavariaGemmellaro 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. †Canavaria Gemmellaro 1886
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Subg. †Canavaria (Canavaria) Gemmellaro 1886
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†Canavaria (Canavaria) naxensis Gemmellaro 1886
†Canavaria cultraroi Fucini 1931
†Canavaria haugi Gemellaro 1885
†Canavaria rosenbergi Fucini 1931
†Canavaria zancleana Fucini 1931
Invalid names: Naxensiceras Vecchia 1949 [synonym], Oregonites Wiedenmayer 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height112.0----
shell height26.214.708.206.452.47
shell diameter218.314.722.818.85.73
shell inflation27.476.009.307.652.33

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: base of the Margaritatus to the top of the Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (33276) Oregonites dawsoni (33278)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain (Jaén) C. finitisima (200495 200496) C. finitisima, C. gibboides (200498 200499) C. finitisima, C. naxensis (200493) C. naxensis (200492) C. peloritana, C. naxensis (200494) C. zancleana (200488 200489)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Morocco C. depravata (200347) C. sp., C. zancleana (200350) C. zancleana (200349)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Varese) C. sp. (37504)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (55618)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain (Granda) C. festica (200560 200561) C. finitima (200543) C. gregalis (200549) C. gregalis, C. finitima (200554) C. peloritana, C. naxensis (200535)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Iran Oregonites imlayi (196953)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom C. cultraroi (222198)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Tunisia C. sp. (170587) C. zancleana (84287)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Cantabria) C. sp. (222240 222241)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Argentina C. finitima, C. naxensis, C. pulcherrima (183623) C. naxensis, C. pulcherrima (183614)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Hungary C. sp. (148253 148254)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Algeria C. finitima (148279)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Aragon) C. elisa (146776) C. gregalis (146777) C. nodosa (146779) C. zancleana (146771 146772 146773)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Chile C. sp. (183625) C. sp., C. naxensis (183624) C. sp., C. naxensis, C. pulcherrima (183613)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain C. sp. (169640)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Japan (Yamaguchi) C. japonica (38176)
Spinatum - Tenuicostatum189.6 - 182.0Hungary C. ducetiana (109576) C. haugi (118889)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Murcia) C. festiva (201415 201416)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granda) C. festica (200563 200564 200565)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Jaén) C. festiva (200504)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Morocco C. rosenbergi, C. zancleana (230726)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) C. sp. (169494)