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Agassiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Taxonomy
Agassiceras was named by Hyatt (1874) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Arietitidae by Hyatt (1874); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Agassiceratinae by Corna and Dommergues (1995), Howarth (2013).

Species
A. colesi, A. scipionianum
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. immane, A. transformatum
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Scofield on 2024-03-02

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Agassiceras Hyatt
1900Aetomoceras Hyatt p. 575
1995Agassiceras Corna and Dommergues
2002Agassiceras Sepkoski
2013Agassiceras Howarth p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyArietitidaeHyatt 1875
familyAgassiceratinae()
genusAgassiceras

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. †Agassiceras Hyatt 1874
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†Agassiceras colesi Buckman 1845
†Agassiceras scipionianum d'Orbigny 1844
Invalid names: Aetomoceras Hyatt 1900 [synonym]
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: Obtusum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria A. sp. (218905)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Hong Kong A. sp. (137807)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) A. transformatum, A. immane, A. sp., A. scipionianum (234373)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany A. scipionianum (28890)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. scipionianum, A. colesi (204153)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Mendoza) A. sp., A. scipionianum (42774)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile (Taltal) A. sp. (210152)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9China (Guangdong) Arieticeras algovianum (150442)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany A. sp. (28935 28940)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Skye) Aetomoceras personatum, Aetomoceras sp., Aetomoceras scipionianum (219968) Aetomoceras resupinatum, Aetomoceras personatum, Aetomoceras sp., Aetomoceras nodulatum, Aetomoceras scipionianum (219969)