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Karsteniceras beyrichii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Leptoceratoididae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras beyrichii was named by Karsten (1858). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Karsteniceras.

It was recombined as Leptoceras beyrichii by Breistroffer (1936); it was recombined as Karsteniceras beyrichi by Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker (1997); it was recombined as Karsteniceras beyrichii by Klein et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ancyloceras beyrichii Karsten p. 103 figs. pl. 1, figs. 4a-d
1936Leptoceras beyrichii Breistroffer p. 156
1994Karsteniceras ibericum Vasicek and Wiedemann p. 212 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5
1997Karsteniceras beyrichi Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker p. 71 figs. Pl 7, figs 3,4; pl 16, fig 3
2007Karsteniceras beyrichii Klein et al. p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyLeptoceratoididae(Thieuloy 1966)
genusKarstenicerasRoyo-Gomez 1945
speciesbeyrichii(Karsten 1858)

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.

Karsteniceras beyrichii Karsten 1858
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Invalid names: Karsteniceras ibericum Vasicek and Wiedemann 1994 [synonym]
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 129.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Colombia Karsteniceras beyrichi (97673)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Trinidad and Tobago Leptoceras beyrichii (68921)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Colombia Karsteniceras beyrichi (69061 69072 97674)