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Asthenoceras nannodes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Grammoceras nannodes was named by Buckman (1890). It is the type species of Asthenoceras.

It was recombined as Asthenoceras nannodes by Westermann (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Grammoceras nannodes Buckman
1969Asthenoceras nannodes Westermann p. 61 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-7; text-figs 21a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilyWitchelliinaeCallomon and Chandler 2006
genusAsthenoceras
speciesnannodes(Buckman 1890)

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.

Asthenoceras nannodes Buckman 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height27.285.0010.67.803.96
shell diameter222.215.033.024.012.7
shell inflation29.015.8014.09.905.80

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: Early/Lower Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Asthenoceras nannodes (175668)