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Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) recticostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macroscaphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites recticostatus was named by d'Orbigny (1840) [DISTRIBUTION: Aptian; Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Costidiscus recticostatus by Douvillé (1916); it was recombined as Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) recticostatus by Landra et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites recticostatus d'Orbigny p. 134 figs. pl. 40, fig. 3, 4
1916Costidiscus recticostatus Douvillé p. 94 figs. Pl. 11, Fig. 7
2000Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) recticostatus Landra et al. p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyMacroscaphitidaeHyatt 1900
genusMacroscaphitesMeek 1876
subgenusCostidiscus(Uhlig 1883)
speciesrecticostatus(d'Orbigny 1840)

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.

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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

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Costidiscus recticostatus (50805)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Slovakia Costidiscus recticostatus (2121)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt Costidiscus recticostatus (171271)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Bulgaria Costidiscus recticostatus (161852)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Costidiscus recticostatus (71828)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy Macroscaphites recticostatus (82832)