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Algericeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Algericeras was named by Spath (1925) [Distribution: Lower Cenomanian; Algeria, Tunisia, Madgascar and Mexico.]. Its type is Ammonites boghariensis.

It was assigned to Schloenbachiidae by Spath (1925); to Mortoniceratinae by Kennedy and Wright (1981); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Algericeras Spath
1925Prionocycloides Spath p. 182
1979Prionocycloides Young p. 38
1981Algericeras Kennedy and Wright
2002Algericeras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusAlgericeras

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.

G. †Algericeras Spath 1925
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Subg. †Algericeras (Sakondryella) Collignon 1964
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Invalid names: Euhystrichoceras (Sakondryella) madagascariensis Collignon 1964 [synonym]
†Algericeras boghariense Coquand 1879
†Algericeras proratum Coquand 1879
†Algericeras proratum paucicostatum Kennedy and Wright 1981
Invalid names: Prionocycloides Spath 1925 [synonym]
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 Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tunisia A. boghariense, A. proratum (178213)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Chihuahua) Prionocycloides proratum (88760)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Euhystrichoceras remolinense (88224)