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Sinoceltites curvatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae

Taxonomy
Sinoceltites curvatus was named by Zhao and Liang (1974). Its type specimen is NIGP 14863 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Mingyuexia Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tapashanites curvatus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Sinoceltites curvatus Zhao and Liang p. 305 figs. Pl 159, fig 6
1978Sinoceltites curvatus Zhao et al. p. 118 figs. Pl 14, figs 9,12,16,17; pl 15, fig 17; text-fig 67b
1990Sinoceltites curvatus Wang p. 767 figs. Pl 1, fig 14
2002Tapashanites curvatus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyTapashanitidae
genusSinoceltites
speciescurvatusZhao and Liang 1974

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.

†Sinoceltites curvatus Zhao and Liang 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter541.631.469.037.214.9

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Sinoceltites curvatus (73823 type locality: 98049 121682 149087)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Sinoceltites curvatus (95479)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hunan) Sinoceltites curvatus (121628 121635)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Sinoceltites curvatus (121658 210117 210118)