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Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Toxoceras aquisgranense was named by Schlüter (1872) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lousberg, near Aachen (Schlüter collection), which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Vaals Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense by Kennedy et al. (1992), Kennedy and Kaplan (1995) and Kennedy et al. (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Toxoceras aquisgranense Schlüter p. 102 figs. pl. 31, figs. 6-9
1992Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense Kennedy et al. p. 274
1995Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense Kennedy and Kaplan p. 32 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-4
1997Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense Kennedy et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusGlyptoxocerasSpath 1925
speciesaquisgranense(Schlüter 1872)

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.

†Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense Schlüter 1872
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Toxoceras aquisgranense (165379)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense (82387)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Westfalen) Toxoceras aquisgranense (165365)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense (82291)