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Pseudocadoceras chinitnense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocadoceras chinitnense was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108120, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21777, Iniskin Peninsula, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pseudocadoceras chinitnense Imlay p. 94 figs. Pl 48, figs 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyCadoceratinaeHyatt 1900
genusPseudocadoceras
specieschinitnense

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 height115.0
shell diameter132.0
shell inflation18.00

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: Callovian or 166.10000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Alaska) Pseudocadoceras chinitnense (158656 158671 type locality: 158672 158675)