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Aspidoceras sesquinodosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites sesquinodosus was named by Fontannes (1876). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UCBL-FSL 12908. Its type locality is Montagne de Crussol (Ardèche) region, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine carbonate/marl in France.

It was recombined as Aspidoceras sesquinodosum by Bantz (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ammonites sesquinodosus Fontannes p. 126 figs. Pl. XVIII, fig. 6 & 6a
1970Aspidoceras sesquinodosum Bantz p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyAspidoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusAspidocerasZittel
speciessesquinodosum()

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.

Aspidoceras sesquinodosum Fontannes 1876
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Madagascar Pseudowaagenia haynaldi (234268)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Ammonites sesquinodosus (type locality: 234335)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Italy (Trapani) Aspidoceras sesquinodosum (36986)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Aspidoceras sesquinodosum (198370 198371)