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Oxytropidoceras aroeirium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Oxytropidoceras aroeirium was named by Maury (1936). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aroeira, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian marine limestone in Brazil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. multifidum, O. pandalense, O. robustum, O. roissyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Oxytropidoceras aroeirium Maury pp. 250, 252 figs. pl. 24, fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
speciesaroeirium

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.

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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: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Brazil (Sergipe) Oxytropidoceras aroeirium (type locality: 87860)