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Pseudaspidoceras footeanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites footeanus was named by Stolickzka (1864). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudaspidoceras footeanus by Reyment (1954); it was recombined as Pseudoaspidoceras footeanum by Bengtson (1983); it was recombined as Pseudaspidoceras footeanum by Chancellor (1982), Howarth (1985), Kennedy et al. (1987), Kennedy and Simmons (1991), Ifrim and Stinnesbeck (2007), Wilmsen and Nagm (2013), Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. grecoi, P. nodosum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Ammonites footeanus Stolickzka p. 101 figs. pl. 52, figs. 1, 2
1887Ammonites pedroanus White p. 212 figs. pl. 22, figs. 1, 2
1920Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum Böse p. 209
1936Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum Maury p. 231
1954Pseudaspidoceras footeanus Reyment p. 253
1982Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Chancellor p. 92
1983Pseudoaspidoceras footeanum Bengtson
1985Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Howarth
1987Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Kennedy et al. p. 34
1991Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Kennedy and Simmons p. 138
2007Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 648
2013Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Wilmsen and Nagm p. 660 figs. 11, 12A,B
2014Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Wilmsen and Nagm p. 215 fig. 8a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusPseudaspidoceras
speciesfooteanum(Stolickzka 1864)

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.

†Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Stolickzka 1864
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Invalid names: Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum White 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height243.936.253.344.812.1
shell diameter2144.985.5245.5165.5113.1
shell inflation248.025.689.957.845.5

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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Pseudoaspidoceras footeanum (140840)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Pseudaspidoceras footeanum (70955)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum (73575)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Pseudoaspidoceras footeanum (140888)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Sachsen) Pseudaspidoceras footeanum (172058 172059 172060)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum (87858)