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Sellanarcestes cognatus

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae

Taxonomy
Sellanarcestes cognatus was named by Chlupac and Turek (1983). Its type specimen is CM L126, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praha-Hlubocepy (upper Trebotov limestone, Dalejan), which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Trebotov Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Sellanarcestes cognatus Chlupac and Turek p. 83 figs. Pl 20, figs 2-4; pl 29, fig 6; pl 32, figs 7,8; text-fig 17
2002Sellanarcestes cognatus Korn and Klug p. 126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890
genusSellanarcestesSchindewolf 1933
speciescognatus

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.

Sellanarcestes cognatus Chlupac and Turek 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1116.212.026.015.53.95
shell diameter1154.038.578.055.011.3
shell inflation1124.015.040.023.06.87

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 402.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Sellanarcestes cognatus (12148)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic Sellanarcestes cognatus (type locality: 172686)