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Grycia whittingtoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Cleoniceras (Neosaynella) whittingtoni was named by Imlay (1961).

It was recombined as Grycia whittingtoni by Nagy (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cleoniceras (Neosaynella) whittingtoni Imlay p. 64 figs. Pl 20, figs 6-9
1970Grycia whittingtoni Nagy p. 38 figs. Pl 2, figs 2-4; text-fig 8a,b,d-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCleoniceratidae()
genusGrycia(Imlay 1961)
specieswhittingtoni(Imlay 1961)

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.

†Grycia whittingtoni Imlay 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height132.0
shell diameter162.0
shell inflation19.00

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Cleoniceras whittingtoni (87628 87629)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Grycia whittingtoni (174864 174865 174876 174877 174878 174881)