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Zuercherella
Discussion
The spellings Zurcherella Casey 1954 and Zuercherella Casey 1954 are alternative spellings of the same name. The original source uses an umlaut (Zücherella), which is today conventionally anglicized as Zuecherella.
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Taxonomy
Zuercherella was named by Casey (1954) [Zurcherella spelling: Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u K Apti-u
Zuercherella spelling: Sepkoski's age data: K Apti]. Its type is Desmoceras zuercheri.
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Delamette et al. (1997) and Sepkoski (2002); to Beudanticeratinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Wright et al. (1996) and Szives (2007); and to Uhligellinae by Latil et al. (2023) and Latil et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Delamette et al. (1997) and Sepkoski (2002); to Beudanticeratinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Wright et al. (1996) and Szives (2007); and to Uhligellinae by Latil et al. (2023) and Latil et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Zuercherella Casey p. 112 |
| 1957 | Zurcherella Arkell et al. p. L368 |
| 1996 | Zuercherella Wright et al. p. 80 |
| 1997 | Zurcherella Delamette et al. |
| 2002 | Zurcherella Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Zuercherella Szives p. 55 |
| 2023 | Zuercherella Latil et al. p. 65 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 30.1 | 19.5 | 41.0 | 34.0 | 11.0 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 70.3 | 44.0 | 98.5 | 80.0 | 27.7 | |
| shell inflation | 3 | 16.9 | 8.50 | 28.5 | 20.0 | 10.0 |
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aptian | Morocco (Western High Atlas) | Z. zuercheri (2071) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Russian Federation (Dagestan) | Z. sp. (221309) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Hungary | Z. zuercheri (226273) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Italy | Beudanticeras zuercheri (12779) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (California) | Puzosia sp. (216350 216353 216358) Z. zuercheri (216314 230740) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Germany | Z. zuercheri (64185) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Venezuela (Sucre) | Beudanticeras zuercheri (87919) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Morocco (Western High Atlas) | Z. sp. (2072) |