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Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Flickiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites salazacensis was named by Hébert and Munier-Chalmas (1875) [DISTRIBUTION: Upper Albian; France, Hungary, United Kingdom and South Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Vallon de Cabaresse, near Salazac, which is in an Albian marine sandstone in France. It is the type species of Salaziceras, Salaziceras (Salaziceras).

It was recombined as Salaziceras salazacensis by Breistroffer (1936), Wright and Kennedy (1979); it was recombined as Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense by Klinger and Kennedy (1994), Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Ammonites salazacensis Hébert and Munier-Chalmas p. 114 figs. pl. 5, fig. 6
1936Salaziceras salazacensis Breistroffer
1979Salaziceras salazacensis Wright and Kennedy p. 687 figs. Pl 87, figs 3-9; text-figs 1g-h, 3a-c
1994Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense Klinger and Kennedy p. 146
2007Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense Szives p. 107 figs. Pl 14, fig 15; pl 16, figs 7-12; pl 20, figs 6,8,9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyFlickiidaeAdkins 1928
subfamilySalaziceratinae
genusSalaziceras
subgenusSalazicerasBreistroffer 1936
speciessalazacense()

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.

†Salaziceras (Salaziceras) salazacense Hébert and Munier-Chalmas 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height39.448.9010.59.000.896
shell diameter323.121.024.524.01.89
shell inflation36.095.207.006.200.902

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 Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5South Africa Salaziceras salazacense (82478)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Salaziceras salazacensis (178194)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Gard) Ammonites salazacensis (178192) Salaziceras salazacensis (178193)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Salaziceras salazacensis (56674 58431)