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Anadesmoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Anadesmoceras was named by Casey (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-l]. Its type is Anadesmoceras strangulatum.

It was assigned to Hoplitidae by Kennedy et al. (1980); to Cleoniceratinae by Alabushev (1995); to Cleoniceratidae by Wright et al. (1996); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vnigriceratinae by Lehmann et al. (2013).

Species
A. strangulatum (type species), A. subbaylei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Anadesmoceras Casey p. 107
1980Anadesmoceras Kennedy et al. p. 236
1995Anadesmoceras Alabushev p. 127
1996Anadesmoceras Wright et al. p. 96
2002Anadesmoceras Sepkoski
2013Anadesmoceras Lehmann et al. p. 209

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCleoniceratidae()
subfamilyVnigriceratinaeSaveliev 1973
genusAnadesmoceras

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. †Anadesmoceras Casey 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height434.823.945.036.88.72
shell diameter468.846.091.473.018.8
shell inflation411.47.8013.912.42.67

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 Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 112.03000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (1844 1845)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Denmark A. strangulatum (71077)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Russian Federation A. strangulatum (169549) A. subbaylei (169554 169558)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) A. baylei (1826) A. baylei, A. subbaylei (1862) A. sp. (1782 1834 1853 1861) A. strangulatum (77922) A. subblayei, A. sp., A. strangulatum (1847)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3United Kingdom (England) A. baylei (1765)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Russian Federation (Vladimir) A. tenue, A. costatum, A. strangulatum, A. subbaylei (235282)