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Lunuloceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Lunuloceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Hecticoceras (Lunuloceras) by Bonarelli (1893).

It was assigned to Hecticoceras by Bonarelli (1893); to Hecticoceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Hecticoceras (Lunuloceras) Bonarelli
1957Lunuloceras Arkell et al. p. 276
2002Lunuloceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyHecticoceratinaeSpath 1925
genusLunuloceras

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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†Lunuloceras grossouvrei Parona and Bonarelli 1895
†Lunuloceras lunula Reinecke 1818
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Invalid names: Lunuloceras pompeckyi Parona and Bonarelli 1895 [synonym]
†Lunuloceras lunuloides Kilian 1889
†Lunuloceras orientale d'Orbigny 1850
†Lunuloceras pauper Parona and Bonarelli 1895
†Lunuloceras perlatum Quenstedt 1887
†Lunuloceras pleurospanium Parona and Bonarelli 1895
†Lunuloceras richei Lemoine 1932
†Lunuloceras taeniolatum Bonarelli 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1213.19.0017.013.42.09
shell diameter1230.924.540.031.24.46
shell inflation128.816.0012.08.802.01

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 Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5China L. virgatum (64862)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland L. lunuloides, L. taeniolatum, L. perlatum (171556)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar L. orientale (234094)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland L. lunula (171588 171598) L. lunula, L. grossouvrei (171589) L. lunula, L. lunuloides, L. grossouvrei, L. pleurospanium, L. richei (171552) L. lunuloides (171583 171601 171628 171629 171630 171631) L. lunuloides, L. grossouvrei, L. pauper, L. pleurospanium (171572) L. sp., L. lunuloides, L. pleurospanium (171565)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar L. orientale (234132)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France L. lunuloides (60440)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Hecticoceras sp. (62287) Hecticoceras spp. (62283)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar L. lunula, L. lunuloides (98156)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran Hecticoceras pseudopunctatum (68073)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland L. lunuloides (171627)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France L. fallax, L. subnodosum (169953) L. michailowense, L. sinuicostatum, L. faurei (60436) L. praealpinum, L. brighti (60434) L. pseudopunctatum, L. lunula, L. richei (60540) L. sp. (60562 60564 60617 60618) L. submatheyi (60542)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland L. lunula (171568 171624)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland L. lunuloides (171566) L. pleurospanium (171625)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France L. matheyi, L. pseudopunctatum, L. pawlovi (12266)