PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Gauthiericeras listeri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy

Andersonites listeri was named by van Hoepen (1965) [DISTRIBUTION: Coniacian; South Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Gauthiericeras listeri by Klinger and Kennedy (1984), Wright et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

G. vascogoticum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1965	Andersonites listeri van Hoepen p. 31 figs. pl. 23
1982	Andersonites listeri Renz p. 108
1984	Gauthiericeras listeri Klinger and Kennedy p. 265
1996	Gauthiericeras listeri Wright et al. p. 191

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Collignoniceratidae	Wright and Wright 1951
subfamily	Collignoniceratinae	Wright and Wright 1951
genus	Gauthiericeras	de Grossouvre 1894
species	listeri	(van Hoepen 1965)

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.

†Gauthiericeras listeri van Hoepen 1965

show all | hide all

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	72.0	71.0	73.0	72.0	1.41
shell diameter	2	187.3	180.0	195.0	187.5	10.6
shell inflation	2	66.9	64.0	70.0	67.0	4.24

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 Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Venezuela	Andersonites listeri (88351)
Late/Upper Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	South Africa	Gauthiericeras listeri (82448)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	South Africa	Gauthiericeras listeri (82442)