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Cadoceras tenuicostatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Cadoceras tenuicostatum was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108069, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 3029, Iniskin Bay, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cadoceras tenuicostatum Imlay p. 85 figs. Pl 38, figs 2-4,7-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyCadoceratinaeHyatt 1900
genusCadoceras
speciestenuicostatum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height425.816.049.024.214.8
shell diameter456.634.0106.054.532.1
shell inflation412.05.5026.012.89.22

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: Callovian or 166.10000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Alaska) Cadoceras tenuicostatum (158915 type locality: 158916 158920 158922 158925 158927 158928 158937 158944)