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Lyelliceras lyelli
Taxonomy
Ammonites lyelli was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lyelliceras.
It was recombined as Acanthoceras lyelli by Bayle (1878); it was recombined as Lyelliceras lyelli by Spath (1921), Jones (1960), Renz (1982), Latil (1995), Kennedy and Klinger (2008).
It was recombined as Acanthoceras lyelli by Bayle (1878); it was recombined as Lyelliceras lyelli by Spath (1921), Jones (1960), Renz (1982), Latil (1995), Kennedy and Klinger (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Ammonites lyelli d'Orbigny p. 255 figs. pl. 74, fig. 4 |
| 1878 | Acanthoceras lyelli Bayle p. 74 |
| 1907 | Douvilleiceras nodosa Etheridge p. 87 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2 |
| 1921 | Lyelliceras lyelli Spath p. 202 |
| 1930 | Lyelliceras cotteri Spath p. 65 figs. pl. 9, fig. 1-8 |
| 1960 | Lyelliceras lyelli Jones p. 156 |
| 1968 | Collignoniceras (Selwynoceras) gratum van Hoepen p. 161 figs. Pl 5 |
| 1982 | Lyelliceras lyelli Renz p. 38 |
| 1995 | Lyelliceras lyelli Latil |
| 2008 | Lyelliceras lyelli Kennedy and Klinger p. 86 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-11,17-21; pl 4, figs 1-5,7-911-14,17,18; pl 5, figs 1-11,14-20; pl 6, figs 1-16,19,20; |
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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.
†Lyelliceras lyelli d'Orbigny 1841
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Invalid names: Collignoniceras (Selwynoceras) gratum van Hoepen 1968 [synonym], Douvilleiceras nodosa Etheridge 1907 [synonym], Lyelliceras cotteri Spath 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 13 | 12.2 | 7.00 | 21.5 | 13.0 | 3.92 | |
| shell diameter | 13 | 32.2 | 18.0 | 55.0 | 34.5 | 10.9 | |
| shell inflation | 13 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 20.5 | 14.0 | 4.38 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 110.10000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Lyelliceras lyelli (1832) | |
| Middle Albian | Peru | Lyelliceras lyelli (88174) | |
| Middle Albian | Venezuela | Lyelliceras lyelli (87942) Prolyelliceras gevreyi (87945) | |
| Middle Albian | South Africa | Lyelliceras lyelli (177187 177188) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | France | Lyelliceras cotteri (56526) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Mexico (Zacatecas) | Acanthoceras lyelli (87607) |