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Alsatites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Taxonomy
Alsatites was named by Haug (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Ammonites liasicus. It is the type genus of Arnioceratidae, Alsatitidae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alsatitinae by Delsate et al. (2002), Howarth (2013).

Species
A. bipartitus, A. laqueus, A. liasicus (syn. Ammonites subliasicus), A. nigromontanus, A. pamlicoensis, A. proaries (syn. Aegoceras tortuosum)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. laqueolus, A. laqueus, A. orthoptychus, A. platystoma
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2014-06-16

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Alsatites Haug
1922Proarietites Lange p. 461
1987Tayloricites Guex
2002Alsatites Delsate et al. p. 8
2002Alsatites Sepkoski
2013Alsatites Howarth p. 12

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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
familyAlsatitinae()
genusAlsatitesHaug 1894

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. †Alsatites Haug 1894
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†Alsatites bipartitus Hillebrandt 2000
†Alsatites laqueus Quenstedt 1856
†Alsatites liasicus d'Orbigny 1844
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Invalid names: Ammonites subliasicus Reynes 1879 [synonym]
†Alsatites nigromontanus Guembel 1884
†Alsatites pamlicoensis Taylor 1998
†Alsatites proaries Neumayr 1879
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Invalid names: Aegoceras tortuosum Canavari 1882 [synonym]
Invalid names: Proarietites Lange 1922 [synonym], Tayloricites Guex 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height258.735.0018.58.503.71
shell diameter2534.314.777.039.814.4
shell inflation2517.47.1031.521.87.72

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: Angulata or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5USA (Nevada) A. nigromontanus (188622 188651)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) A. bipartitus (157360 157373 157385 157390) A. proaries (84778) A. sp. (157383)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5China (Xizang) A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (138162)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Netherlands A. sp. (221055)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Peru A. liasicus (209240)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (53363)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) A. liasicus, A. proaries (84964) A. proaries (84776 84916 84963 84969 84972 84973 84975 84979)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5USA (Nevada) A. pamlicoensis (157509) A. proaries (188624 188642 188644 188645 188648 188649 188650)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Argentina (Mendoza) A. liasicus (181950)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5France (Isère) A. laqueolus (158286) A. laqueus (127114) A. liasicus (158285)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Austria A. sp. (189261)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile (Antofagasta) A. platystoma (210190 210191) A. sp. (210189)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) A. liasicus (29231 29232)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Austria (Tirol) A. liasicus (208597)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) A. liasicus (208925 208926)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile Laqueoceras bipartitum (209547 209548 209552 209553 209556 209557 209560)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Austria A. orthoptychus (27226)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Austria A. liasicus (38057) A. orthoptychus (38056)