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Prolyelliceras ulrichi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Prolyelliceratidae

Taxonomy
Lyelliceras ulrichi was named by Knechtel (1947). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prolyelliceras ulrichi by Kennedy and Klinger (2008) and Latil et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Lyelliceras ulrichi Knechtel pp. 99-100 figs. pl. 23, figs. 1a-b
1956Lyelliceras ulrichi Benavides-Caceres p. 464
2008Prolyelliceras ulrichi Kennedy and Klinger p. 73 fig. 18C,D
2009Prolyelliceras ulrichi Latil et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyProlyelliceratidae
genusProlyellicerasSpath 1930
speciesulrichi()

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.

Prolyelliceras ulrichi Knechtel 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height412.56.0024.013.07.48
shell diameter434.413.573.037.824.6
shell inflation412.83.5033.015.212.2

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 Middle Albian to the top of the Albian or 109.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Peru Lyelliceras ulrichi (88673)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Peru Lyelliceras ulrichi (88174 88197) Prolyelliceras ulrichi (177182)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Peru Lyelliceras ulrichi (88151)