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Gauthiericeras album

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

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

It was recombined as Gauthiericeras album by Klinger and Kennedy (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Fluminites albus van Hoepen p. 31 figs. pl. 24
1984Gauthiericeras album Klinger and Kennedy p. 274

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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)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyCollignoniceratinaeWright and Wright 1951
genusGauthiericerasde Grossouvre 1894
speciesalbum(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 album van Hoepen 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height186.0
shell diameter1243.0
shell inflation186.0

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: Late/Upper Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7South Africa Gauthiericeras album (82448)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7South Africa Gauthiericeras album (82442)