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Callihoplites dorsetensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Callihoplites tetragonus dorsetensis was named by Spath (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH C31136, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Callihoplites dorsetensis by Kennedy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. leptus, C. seeleyi, C. vraconensis, C. vraconensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Callihoplites tetragonus dorsetensis Spath p. 211 figs. Pl 22, figs 9,10
2008Callihoplites dorsetensis Kennedy et al. p. 123 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilyHoplitinaeDouvillé 1890
genusCallihoplites
speciesdorsetensis(Spath 1928)

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
No measurements are available
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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Kazakhstan Callihoplites dorsetensis (175008)