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Onychoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Onychoceras was named by Wunstrorf (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Cyrtoceras confertissimum.

It was assigned to Hammatoceratinae by Howarth (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Onychoceras Wunstrorf
2013Onychoceras Howarth p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
subfamilyHammatoceratinaeBuckman 1887
genusOnychocerasWunstrorf 1905

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. †Onychoceras Wunstrorf 1905
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Onychoceras confertissimum Whitfield 1936
Onychoceras differens Wunstorf 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 180.40000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) O. differens (140875 140876)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Spain O. sp. (147093 147094 147099 147102 147107)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France O. differens (161677 170417 170418 170419) O. simulator (161678)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Iran O. sp. A (155326)