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Blanfordiceras wallichi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites wallichii was named by Gray (1832). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Blanfordiceras.

It was recombined as Blanfordiceras wallichi by Helmstaedt (1969), Howarth (1998) and Klein (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Ammonites wallichii Gray figs. Pl. 110, Fig. 3
1969Blanfordiceras wallichi Helmstaedt p. 66
1998Blanfordiceras wallichi Howarth p. 93
2005Blanfordiceras wallichi Klein p. 200

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusBlanfordicerasCossman 1907
specieswallichi(Gray 1832)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height429.224.035.029.54.93
shell diameter483.266.0105.083.517.4
shell inflation430.821.544.031.210.0

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: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian or 150.80000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Nepal Blanfordiceras wallichi (142312)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina Blanfordiceras wallichi (200703)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0India Blanfordiceras wallichi (65882)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Antarctica Blanfordiceras wallichi (76467)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8China Blanfordiceras wallichi (64825)