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Collignoniceras klamathensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Fagesia klamathensis was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 455.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 455, Henley (Fagesia siskiyounensis horizon), which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eupachydiscus haradai by Matsumoto (1959); it was recombined as Collignoniceras klamathensis by Mertz (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Fagesia klamathensis Anderson p. 248 figs. Pl 28, figs 3,3a
2017Collignoniceras klamathensis Mertz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyCollignoniceratinaeWright and Wright 1951
genusCollignonicerasBreistroffer 1947
speciesklamathensis()

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
partNmean
shell height155.0
shell diameter1130.0
shell inflation135.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Fagesia klamathensis (type locality: 158111)