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Canaliculites argoviensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Canaliculites argoviensis was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed F.2 (Frei collection), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in Switzerland. It is the type species of Canaliculites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Canaliculites argoviensis Jeannet p. 90 figs. Pl 20, fig 10; pl 27, fig 5; text-figs 200, 201

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyOchetoceratinaeSpath 1928
genusCanaliculites
speciesargoviensis

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.

Canaliculites argoviensis Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.0
shell diameter141.0
shell inflation16.00

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: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Canaliculites argoviensis (type locality: 171586)