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Saghalinites cala

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5932023https://www.gbif.org/species/5932023
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)129722https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=129722
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tetragonitidae : Saghalinites : Saghalinites cala
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Tetragonitidae : Saghalinites : Saghalinites cala
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusSaghalinitesWright and Matsumoto 1954
speciesSaghalinites calaForbes 1846
Generic NameSaghalinites
Scientific NameSaghalinites cala (Forbes, 1846)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Saghalinites calaspeciesbelongs to Ammonitesstated with evidenceForbes, 1846
Saghalinites calaspeciesbelongs to Lytoceras (Tetragonites)stated with evidenceAnderson, 1902
Saghalinites calaspeciesbelongs to Saghalinitesstated with evidenceSpath, 1953
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Ammonites cala (Forbes, 1846)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tetragonitidae : Saghalinites : Ammonites cala

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1846Ammonites cala Forbes p. 104 figs. pl. 8, fig. 4
1902Lytoceras (Tetragonites) cala Anderson p. 84
1953Saghalinites cala Spath p. 9
1985Saghalinites cala Klinger p. 4
1986Saghalinites cala Kennedy p. 160
1992Saghalinites cala Kennedy and Henderson p. 400 figs. Pl 2, figs 13-15; pl 3, figs 1-6; text-fig 3B
1995Saghalinites cala Kennedy and Bilotte p. 361

References

Forbes E. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe, Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7, 97-174
Anderson F. M. (1902) Cretaceous Deposits of the Pacific Coast, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2 1, 1-155
Spath L. F. (1953) The Upper Cretaceous cephalopod fauna of Graham Land, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports 3, 1-60
Klinger H. C. (1985) Upper Cretaceous Cephalopoda from offshore deposits off the Natal south coast, South Africa., Palaeontologia Africana 26 1, 1-11
Kennedy W. J. (1986) The ammonite fauna of the type Maastrichtian with a revision of Ammonites colligatus Binkhorst, 1861, Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg.: Science de la Terre 56, 151-267
Kennedy W. J., Henderson R. A. (1992) Non-Heteromorph Ammonites From the Upper Maastrichtian of Pondicherry, South India, Palaeontology 35 2, 381-442
Kennedy W. J., Bilotte M. (1995) A new ammonite fauna from the sub-Pyrenean Campanian (Upper Cretaceous), Geobios 28 3, 359-370
W. J. Kennedy, M. Bilotte (1995) A new ammonite fauna from the sub-Pyrenean Campanian (Upper Cretaceous): Geobios 3: 359--370 - via Catalogue of Life
E. Forbes (1846) Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe: Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2: 97--174 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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