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Lytoceras aulaeum
Taxonomy
Lytoceras aulaeum was named by Anderson (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Hauterivian; Pacific Coast, North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 113, Mitchell Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. altum, L. ceratophagum, L. cornucopiae, L. densifibriatum, L. densifimbriatum, L. densifimbriatus, L. dilucidum, L. fibriatum, L. hircinum, L. ktenasi, L. mahafalense, L. onychograptum, L. ophioneum, L. orsini, L. penicillatum, L. phaestus, L. polyanchomenum, L. polycyclum, L. porlaeve, L. puezanum, L. raricinctum, L. sauclum, L. strambergense, L. subescens, L. taharoense, L. taharosense, L. torulosum, L. cinctum, L. varagurense, L. annibal
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson p. 146 figs. pl. 14, figs. 1-4 |
| 1960 | Lytoceras aulaeum Imlay p. 195 |
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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.
†Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Hauterivian or 137.05000 to 125.77000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Valanginian | USA (California) | Lytoceras aulaeum (216136) | |
| Valanginian | USA (California) | Lytoceras aulaeum (83593 83597 222101) | |
| Hauterivian | USA (California) | Lytoceras aulaeum (type locality: 83591 83598 83602 83607 194156 194158) | |
| Hauterivian | USA (Oregon) | Lytoceras aulaeum (45673 45687 157773) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | USA (California) | Lytoceras aulaeum (216291 225530) |