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Asteroceras suevicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites obtusus suevicus was named by Quenstedt (1884).

It was recombined as Asteroceras suevicum by Blau (1998), Meister and Friebe (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. jamesi, A. meriodionale, A. ocotilloi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Ammonites obtusus suevicus Quenstedt
1998Asteroceras suevicum Blau p. 203 figs. Pl 2, figs 13-16; pl 14, fig 6
2003Asteroceras suevicum Meister and Friebe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusAsterocerasHyatt 1867
speciessuevicum(Quenstedt 1884)

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.

†Asteroceras suevicum Quenstedt 1884
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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 Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria Asteroceras suevicum (218928)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Austria Asteroceras suevicum (189142 189218)