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Oxylenticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Oxylenticeras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Streblitinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Jain and Schweigert (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Oxylenticeras Arkell et al. p. 284
2002Oxylenticeras Sepkoski
2022Oxylenticeras Jain and Schweigert p. 662

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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
subfamilyStreblitinaeSpath 1925
genusOxylenticeras

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
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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Ethiopia O. sp. (228747)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Iraq (Zakho) O. lepidum (192420)