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Leopoldia leopoldinus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites leopoldinus was named by d'Orbigny (1840). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Leopoldia.

It was recombined as Leopoldia leopoldina by Reboulet (1996); it was recombined as Leopoldia leopoldinus by Klein (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites leopoldinus d'Orbigny p. 104 figs. pl. 23, figs. 1, 2, 3
1996Leopoldia leopoldina Reboulet p. 130
2005Leopoldia leopoldinus Klein p. 371

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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
subfamilyEndemoceratinaeSchindewolf 1966
genusLeopoldiaMayer-Eymar 1887
speciesleopoldinus(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.

Leopoldia leopoldinus d'Orbigny 1840
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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: Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Leopoldia leopoldina (202582 202583 202591 202592 202593 202594 202599 202856 202865 202868)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Leopoldia leopoldina (12774)