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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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Lytoceras belliseptatiforme Collignon p. 6 figs. Pl 217, fig 953; pl 218, fig 953

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
speciesbelliseptatiforme

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
partNmean
shell height168.0
shell diameter1183.0
shell inflation171.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Madagascar Lytoceras belliseptatiforme (type locality: 168086)