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Lithancylus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Lithancylus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ancyloceratinae by Wright et al. (1996); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ancyloceratidae by Bersac and Bert (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Lithancylus Wright et al. p. 216
2002Lithancylus Sepkoski
2019Lithancylus Bersac and Bert p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
genusLithancylus

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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Lithancylus grandis Sowerby 1828
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Invalid names: Lithancylus bifurcatus Delanoy 2018 [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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 125.00000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) L. grandis (1776)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Antarctica L. guanacoense (83559)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Antarctica L. sp. (64242)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Argentina L. guanacoense (64159 64160)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France L. grandis (228367)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) L. grandis (77947)