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Vascoceras durandi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus durandi was named by Thomas and Peron (1889). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ammonites durandi by Peron (1890); it was recombined as Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) durandi by Faraud (1940); it was recombined as Vascoceras durandi by Pervinquiére (1907), Kennedy and Simmons (1991), Chancellor et al. (1994), Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010) and Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Pachydiscus durandi Thomas and Peron p. 27 figs. pl. 18, figs. 5-8
1890Ammonites durandi Peron
1898Vascoceras douvillei Choffat
1907Vascoceras durandi Pervinquiére p. 332
1940Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) durandi Faraud p. 43 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2; pl 8, fig 1
1991Vascoceras durandi Kennedy and Simmons p. 138
1994Vascoceras durandi Chancellor et al. p. 48
2010Vascoceras durandi Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 211 figs. Pl 3, figs A-G; pl 4, figs A,B; text-fig 6A
2012Vascoceras durandi Ayoub-Hannaa and Fürsich p. 70 fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciesdurandi(Thomas and Peron 1889)

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.

†Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889
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Invalid names: Vascoceras douvillei Choffat 1898 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1040.425.050.041.07.67
shell diameter10106.988.0140.0108.515.8
shell inflation1037.922.063.036.015.0

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 Middle Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Vascoceras durandi (114795)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Vascoceras durandi (186927)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Oman Vascoceras durandi (82360)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Vascoceras durandi (175375 186928)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Vascoceras durandi (114799 140245 140586 141574)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Vascoceras durandi (88842 88846 88849 161149)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Pachyvascoceras durandi (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Gard) Vascoceras durandi (170945)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Vascoceras durandi (138418 138419)