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Libycoceras acutodorsatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Sphenodiscus acutodorsatus was named by Noetling (1897).

It was recombined as Indoceras acutodorsatum by Hyatt (1903); it was recombined as Libycoceras acutodorsatus by Kennedy (1999), Ahmad et al. (2015) and Jagt et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Sphenodiscus acutodorsatus Noetling p. 76 figs. Pl 21, figs 3,3a
1900Libycoceras chargense Blanckenhorn p. 32
1903Indoceras acutodorsatum Hyatt p. 57
1999Libycoceras acutodorsatus Kennedy p. 653 figs. 10.1-10.3, 14.5
2015Libycoceras acutodorsatus Ahmad et al. p. 247 figs. 4A-B, 5.12-5.16
2019Libycoceras acutodorsatus Jagt et al. p. 591 figs. 5A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familySphenodiscidae
genusLibycoceras
speciesacutodorsatus(Noetling 1897)

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.

Libycoceras acutodorsatus Noetling 1897
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Invalid names: Libycoceras chargense Blanckenhorn 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height395.077.2121.391.522.5
shell diameter3157.2125.5215.0144.047.2
shell inflation32.882.004.003.001.00

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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Libycoceras acutodorsatus (178487 178489 178491)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Libycoceras acutodorsatus (170239)