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Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) sacculus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites sacculus was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1851).

It was recombined as Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) sacculus by Petersen (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Goniatites sacculus Sandberger and Sandberger p. 109 figs. Pl 10, fig 22; pl 10b, figs 7,20,21; text-fig 14
1975Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) sacculus Petersen p. 28 figs. Pl 2, figs 7,8; text-fig 14C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyCheiloceratinaeFrech 1897
genusCheilocerasFrech 1897
subgenusCheilocerasFrech 1897
speciessacculus(Sandberger and Sandberger 1851)

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.

Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) sacculus Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height115.0
shell diameter128.2
shell inflation10.001

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 372.20000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras sacculus (39093 65362 65363 65364 65388)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras sacculus (39097 39103 39104)