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Anisoceras saussureanus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hamites saussureanus was named by Pictet (1847). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Anisoceras saussureanum by Haas (1942); it was recombined as Anisoceras saussureanus by Cantu-Chapa (1962), Kennedy (1994) and Kennedy et al. (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Hamites saussureanus Pictet p. 118 figs. pl. 13, figs. 1-4
1942Anisoceras saussureanum Haas p. 192 figs. Pl 46, figs 1-3; text-figs 30a-e
1962Anisoceras saussureanus Cantu-Chapa p. 31
1994Anisoceras saussureanus Kennedy p. 231
1998Anisoceras saussureanus Kennedy et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAnisoceratidae
genusAnisocerasPictet 1854
speciessaussureanus(Pictet 1847)

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.

Anisoceras saussureanus Pictet 1847
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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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Albian or 105.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Anisoceras saussureanus (2237)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Anisoceras saussureanum (56523 56680)