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Galaticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Galaticeras Blau p. 202
2002Galaticeras Sepkoski
2003Galaticeras Meister and Friebe
2007Galaticeras Geczy and Meister
2007Galaticeras Sarih et al. p. 95
2010Galaticeras Hoffmann p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyEctocentritinaeSpath 1926
genusGalaticeras

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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†Galaticeras aegoceroides Gemmellaro 1884
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Invalid names: Amphiceras savii Levi 1896 [synonym]
†Galaticeras canavarii Fucini 1899
†Galaticeras harpoceratoides Gemmellaro 1884
†Galaticeras propinquum Gemmellaro 1884
†Galaticeras subtriangulare Rakús and Guex 2002
†Galaticeras telegdirothi Kovacs 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height736.482.1058.05.0011.1
shell diameter7320.35.60180.014.734.2
shell inflation734.911.2049.03.959.31

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 Obtusum to the top of the Jamesoni or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco G. sp. (200555)
Obtusum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) G. sp. (78284) G. sp., G. aegoceratoides (78285)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) G. aegoceratoides, G. harpoceratoides (78351) G. sp. (78352)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Hungary G. aegoceratoides (78691) G. sp. (78630)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Gemmellaroceras aegoceroides (218660)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria G. harpoceroides (218932)
Raricostatum - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) G. sp. (78353)
Raricostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Hungary G. harpoceratoides (78689)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Morocco G. aegoceroides (148884 148888) G. juv. nov. sp. (148891 148893) G. sp. (148890)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary G. sp. (78865 78869 78870 78871)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Morocco G. aegoceroides (148878 148881) G. aegoceroides, G. harpoceratoides (148876) G. harpoceratoides (148877)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) G. sp. (81551)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Tunisia G. aegoceroides, G. subtriangulare, G. propinquum (170522)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Hungary G. sp. (80163)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Morocco G. aegoceroides, G. harpoceratoides, G. subtriangulare (148874 148947) G. aegoroides (203732) G. harpoceroides (197995) G. sp. (148872)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) G. sp. (81556 81560 81561 81569)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Italy G. canavarii (146997 146998) G. sp. (147083)
Jamesoni - Davoei192.9 - 184.2Austria G. sp. (194503)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia G. aegoceroides (170514) G. aegoceroides, Castanyiceras canavarii (170511) G. sp. (170507)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) G. sp. (78406)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco G. aegoceroides (206650 206651 206652) G. sp. (206653)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco G. aegoceroides, G. subtriangulare (148937)