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Aegasteroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Aegasteroceras was named by Spath (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Asteroceratinae by Howarth (2013); and to Asteroceratidae by Edmunds et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Aegasteroceras Spath
2002Aegasteroceras Sepkoski
2013Aegasteroceras Howarth p. 23
2016Aegasteroceras Edmunds et al. p. 154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusAegasterocerasSpath 1925

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.

G. †Aegasteroceras Spath 1925
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Aegasteroceras peyssonneli Rakús and Guex 2002
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Invalid names: Aegasteroceras simile Spath 1925 [synonym], Aegoceras acuticostatum Wright 1880 [synonym], Ammonites capricostatus Quenstedt 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height157.0
shell diameter1180.0
shell inflation180.0

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: base of the Turneri to the top of the Obtusum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) A. jeletzkyi (208347)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco A. blakei (200576 200580) A. blakei, A. sagitarium (200579) A. peyssonneli (200467) A. sagittarium (200466)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) A. sp. (219468)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) A. peyssonelli, A. sagittarium (179702) A. sagittarium (179700 179703)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Northwest Territories) A. jeletzkyi (34230) A. jeletzkyi, A. sp. (34201) A. sp. (34229)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) A. jeletzkyi (37503)
Turneri - Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Tunisia Parasteroceras peyssonneli (170503)