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Gaudryceras varagurense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy

Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) varagurense was named by Kossmat (1895). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Gaudryceras varagurense by Howarth (1965), Kennedy and Klinger (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

G. cenomanensis, G. duvaliforme, G. intermedium, G. jukesi, G. jukesii, G. madraspatanum, G. navarrense, G. shimizui, G. stefanini, G. varicostata, G. utaturense, G. cassissianum, G. sachalinense, G. tenuliratum, G. tenuliratum, G. kawakamiense, G. teganoi, G. yokoyomai, G. inflatum, G. intermedium, G. tenuliratum, Lytoceras cinctum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) varagurense Kossmat
1907	Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) varagurense Paulcke p. 6
1965	Gaudryceras varagurense Howarth p. 361
1979	Gaudryceras varagurense Kennedy and Klinger p. 129 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,7

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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	Tetragonitoidea	(Hyatt 1900)
family	Tetragonitidae	Hyatt 1900
subfamily	Gaudryceratinae	(Spath 1927)
genus	Gaudryceras	de Grossouvre 1894
species	varagurense	(Kossmat 1895)

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.

†Gaudryceras varagurense Kossmat 1895

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
height	1	10.8
diameter	1	31.8
inflation	1	15.6

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 Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Russian Federation	Gaudryceras varagurense (84222)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Russian Federation	Gaudryceras varagurense (84218)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Spain	Gaudryceras varagurense (66964)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	South Africa	Gaudryceras varagurense (70999)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	South Africa	Gaudryceras varagurense (71001)