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Chesapeakiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Chesapeakiceras was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1998) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. Its type is Chesapeakella nodatum.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diplomoceratinae by Gane et al. (2016).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Chesapeakella Kennedy and Cobban p. 844
1998Chesapeakiceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 403
2002Chesapeakiceras Sepkoski
2016Chesapeakiceras Gane et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusChesapeakiceras

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.

G. †Chesapeakiceras Kennedy and Cobban 1998
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Chesapeakiceras nodatum Kennedy and Cobban 1993
Invalid names: Chesapeakella Kennedy and Cobban 1993 [replaced]
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: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Delaware) Chesapeakella nodatum (88607)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Delaware) C. nodatum (183119)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) C. nodatum (126599)