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Chimbuites giganteus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Chimbuites giganteus was named by Matsumoto and Skwarko (1993). Its type specimen is CPC 16082, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LW455, Pio Gorge, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in Papua New Guinea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Chimbuites giganteus Matsumoto and Skwarko p. 420 figs. 9, 10, 17C-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusChimbuites
speciesgiganteus

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.

†Chimbuites giganteus Matsumoto and Skwarko 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1102.0
shell diameter1235.0
shell inflation147.0

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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Papua New Guinea Chimbuites giganteus (type locality: 174848)