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Aleteceras nautiloides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Labeceratidae

Taxonomy
Crioceras nautiloides was named by Etheridge (1909) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Aramac [Tambo Series], which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Australia.

It was recombined as Myloceras nautiloides by McNamara (1978); it was recombined as Aleteceras nautiloides by Whitehouse (1926), Klein et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Crioceras nautiloides Etheridge p. 148 figs. pl. 45 & text fig. 8
1926Aleteceras nautiloides Whitehouse p. 233
1978Myloceras nautiloides McNamara
2007Aleteceras nautiloides Klein et al. p. 256

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyLabeceratidae
genusAleteceras
speciesnautiloides(Etheridge 1909)

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.

Aleteceras nautiloides Etheridge 1909
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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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Aleteceras nautiloides (type locality: 83933) Myloceras nautiloides (83754)