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Cibolaites africaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Cibolaites africaensis was named by Meister et al. (1992). Its type specimen is MNHG 56617, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monts Iguelela, bed 18, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cibolaites africaensis Meister et al. p. 80 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,3,5,6; text-fig 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyCollignoniceratinaeWright and Wright 1951
genusCibolaites
speciesafricaensis

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.

†Cibolaites africaensis Meister et al. 1992
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Niger Cibolaites africaensis (type locality: 175449)