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Lytoceras belliseptatiforme

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy

Lytoceras belliseptatiforme was named by Collignon (1962) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Albian; Madagascar.]. Its type specimen is Collignon_fig953, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SPM 1969, Section 9A-B, Soromaraina (Marovoay), which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. altum, L. ceratophagum, L. cornucopiae, L. densifibriatum, L. densifimbriatum, L. densifimbriatus, L. dilucidum, L. fibriatum, L. hircinum, L. ktenasi, L. mahafalense, L. onychograptum, L. ophioneum, L. orsini, L. penicillatum, L. phaestus, L. polyanchomenum, L. polycyclum, L. porlaeve, L. puezanum, L. raricinctum, L. sauclum, L. strambergense, L. subescens, L. taharoense, L. taharosense, L. torulosum, L. cinctum, L. varagurense, L. annibal

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1962	Lytoceras belliseptatiforme Collignon p. 6 figs. Pl 217, fig 953; pl 218, fig 953

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Lytoceratoidea	(Neumayr 1875)
family	Lytoceratidae	Neumayr 1875
subfamily	Lytoceratinae	Neumayr 1875
genus	Lytoceras	Suess 1865
species	belliseptatiforme

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.

†Lytoceras belliseptatiforme Collignon 1962

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	68.0
shell diameter	1	183.0
shell inflation	1	71.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 119.57	Madagascar	Lytoceras belliseptatiforme (type locality: 168086)