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Aricoceras ensifer

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Taxonomy
Adrianites ensifer was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Aricoceras.

It was recombined as Aricoceras ensifer by Leonova (2002) and Leonova and Boiko (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Adrianites ensifer Gemmellaro p. 44 figs. Pl 6, figs 11-13; pl 7, fig 25
2002Aricoceras ensifer Leonova p. 59
2015Aricoceras ensifer Leonova and Boiko p. 590

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAdrianitoidea(Schindewolf 1931)
familyAdrianitidaeSchindewolf 1931
subfamilyAdrianitinaeSchindewolf 1931
genusAricoceras
speciesensifer()

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.

Aricoceras ensifer Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height58.846.0014.09.003.31
shell diameter519.812.835.020.08.97
shell inflation52.050.9004.002.001.13

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman Aricoceras ensifer (82199)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Adrianites ensifer (108567)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iraq (Arbil) Aricoceras ensifer (82851)