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Aspidoceras longispinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites longispinus was named by Sowerby (1825).

It was recombined as Aspidoceras longispinum by Howarth (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. acanthomphalum, A. altenense, A. bispinosum, A. bussierei, A. cyclotum, A. deski, A. gourguechoni, A. haynoldi, A. hoplisum, A. hystricosum, A. laevigatum, A. meridionale, A. mombasense, A. phoenicium, A. piccininii, A. pipini, A. quercynum, A. rogoniscense, A. subwynnei, A. uhlandi, A. uninodosum, A. zeuschneri, A. acuticostatum, A. akantenn, A. catena, A. costatum, A. eucyphum, A. hominale, A. hypselum, A. loricatum, A. paucituberculatum, A. striatocostatum, A. tietzei, A. vettersianum, A. spathi, A. choffati

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1825	Ammonites longispinus Sowerby p. 164 figs. Pl. 51, Fig 2
1998	Aspidoceras longispinum Howarth p. 65

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Aspidoceratoidea	Zittel 1895
family	Aspidoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Aspidoceratinae	Zittel 1895
genus	Aspidoceras	Zittel 1868
species	longispinum	(Sowerby 1825)

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 longispinum Sowerby 1825

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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Romania	Aspidoceras longispinum (198308 198312 198368)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Russian Federation	Aspidoceras longispinum (58848)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug)	Aspidoceras longispinum (58783)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian	149.2 - 149.2	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Aspidoceras longispinum (2543 2544 2569 2571 2573)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bayern)	Aspidoceras longispinum (13412)