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Orthaspidoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthaspidoceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites orthocera.

It was assigned to Aspidoceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Orthaspidoceras Arkell et al. p. L338
2002Orthaspidoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyAspidoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusOrthaspidoceras

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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†Orthaspidoceras lallierianum d'Orbigny 1850
†Orthaspidoceras orthocera d'Orbigny 1850
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0France O. lallierianum (198559)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (San Luis Potosí) O. sp. (114686)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania O. linarum (198305) O. uhlandi (198332 198364 198366)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation O. liparum (191049)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) O. sp. (192459)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) O. schilleri, O. lallierianum (185666)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Italy (Trapani) O. ziegleri (36986)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Madagascar O. nodosocostatum (234322)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania O. lallierianum (198370 198371) O. liparum (198311 198368) O. orthocera (198310 198369)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Ukraine (Transcarpathian) O. sp., O. uhlandi (197185)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian152.1 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) O. sp. (2544)