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Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) cassisianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites cassisianus was named by d'Orbigny (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Anagaudryceras cassisianum by Cooper (1978); it was recombined as Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) cassisianum by Kennedy (1994), Kennedy et al. (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites cassisianus d'Orbigny p. 146
1931Gaudryceras salinarium Douville p. 42 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; text-fig 5
1978Anagaudryceras cassisianum Cooper p. 65 figs. 8, 9, 10J, 11B-D
1987Gaudryceras cenomanense Thomel p. 3 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1994Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) cassisianum Kennedy p. 218
2024Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) cassisianum Kennedy et al. p. 7 figs. 6A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyGaudryceratinae(Spath 1927)
genusGaudrycerasde Grossouvre 1894
subgenusGaudrycerasde Grossouvre 1894
speciescassisianum(d'Orbigny 1850)

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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Invalid names: Gaudryceras cenomanense Thomel 1987 [synonym], Gaudryceras salinarium Douville 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.00
shell diameter128.0
shell inflation113.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 113.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Gaudryceras cassisianum (13499)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greenland Gaudryceras cassisianum (237442 237446)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Gaudryceras cassisianum (13500)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Anagaudryceras cassisianum (175545)