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Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) madagascariense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Venezoliceras madagascariense was named by Collignon (1951). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) madagascariense by Förster (1975), Renz (1982) and Kennedy and Klinger (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. multifidum, O. pandalense, O. robustum, O. roissyi, Venezoliceras chihuahuaense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Venezoliceras madagascariense Collignon p. 19 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1
1975Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) madagascariense Förster p. 225 figs. Pl 12, fig 1; text-fig 71
1982Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) madagascariense Renz p. 57
2011Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) madagascariense Kennedy and Klinger p. 76 figs. 5B, 20, 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
subgenusVenezoliceras(Spath 1925)
speciesmadagascariense(Collignon 1951)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height189.0
shell diameter1225.0
shell inflation164.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Albian or 109.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Venezoliceras madagascariense (98250)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3South Africa Oxytropidoceras madagascariense (177368)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6South Africa Oxytropidoceras madagascariense (177370)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Venezuela (Lara) Oxytropidoceras madagascariense (87953)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Oxytropidoceras madagascariense (174617)