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Eleniceras transsylvanicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites transsylvanicus was named by Jekelius (1915) [DISTRIBUTION: Hauterivian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Eleniceras transsylvanicum by Avram and Gradinaru (1993), Vasicek (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Hoplites transsylvanicus Jekelius p. 121 figs. pl. 9, figs. 6, 8
1993Eleniceras transsylvanicum Avram and Gradinaru p. 678 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
2002Eleniceras transsylvanicum Vasicek p. 192 figs. Pl 1, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusElenicerasBreskovski 1967
speciestranssylvanicum(Jekelius 1915)

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.

Eleniceras transsylvanicum Jekelius 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height121.8
diameter147.8
inflation113.6

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 Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 137.05000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Romania Eleniceras transsylvanicum (69198)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Slovakia Eleniceras transsylvanicum (69122)