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Carthaginites aquilonius

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Turrilitidae

Taxonomy
Carthaginites aquilonius was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1990). Its type specimen is USNM 423801, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 12650, Thornton, which is in a Cenomanian marine shale in the Belle Fourche Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Carthaginites aquilonius Kennedy and Cobban p. 417 figs. Pl 6, figs 56,57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyTurrilitidaeGill 1871
genusCarthaginites(Pervinquière 1907)
speciesaquilonius

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.

†Carthaginites aquilonius Kennedy and Cobban 1990
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Carthaginites aquilonius (type locality: 175371)