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Sharpeiceras laticlavium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites laticlavius was named by Sharpe (1855) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomania; Europe, central Asia, southern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Sharpeiceras.

It was recombined as Mantelliceras laticlavium by Böse (1928); it was recombined as Sharpeiceras laticlavium by Zaborski (1985), Kennedy (1994), Sharifi et al. (2016), El Qot (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. kikuae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ammonites laticlavius Sharpe
1928Mantelliceras laticlavium Böse p. 253
1985Sharpeiceras laticlavium Zaborski p. 26 figs. 26-28, 31
1994Sharpeiceras laticlavium Kennedy p. 225
2016Sharpeiceras laticlavium Sharifi et al. p. 602 fig. 8
2018Sharpeiceras laticlavium El Qot p. 164 fig. 13A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMantelliceratinaeHyatt 1903
genusSharpeicerasHyatt 1903
specieslaticlavium(Sharpe 1855)

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.

†Sharpeiceras laticlavium Sharpe 1855
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Sharpeiceras laticlavium (69631)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Iran Sharpeiceras laticlavium (183694)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Sharpeiceras laticlavium (191717)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Sharpeiceras laticlavium (140837)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Sharpeiceras laticlavium (230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Sharpeiceras laticlavium (82841)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Sharpeiceras laticlavium (4028 4030 4033)