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Echioceras carusense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites carusensis was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R01401 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echioceras carusense by Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. aklavikense, E. cercum, E. exortum, E. pauli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites carusensis d'Orbigny p. 284 figs. Pl. 84, fig. 3-6
1994Echioceras carusense Enay et al. p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
genusEchiocerasBayle 1878
speciescarusense()

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.

†Echioceras carusense d'Orbigny 1844
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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: Raricostatum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Echioceras carusense (33366)