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Aegocrioceras capricornu

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aegocrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Hamites capricornu was named by Roemer (1841). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Aegocrioceras.

It was recombined as Aegocrioceras capricornu by Klein et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Hamites capricornu Roemer p. 92
1850Ammonites subcapricornu d'Orbigny pp. 65, No. 53
2007Aegocrioceras capricornu Klein et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyProtancyloceratoideaBreistroffer 1947
familyAegocrioceratidaeVermeulen 2006
genusAegocriocerasSpath 1924
speciescapricornu(Roemer 1841)

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.

Aegocrioceras capricornu Roemer 1841
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Invalid names: Ammonites subcapricornu d'Orbigny 1850 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available