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Aulacostephanus (Pararasenia)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites hector d'Orbigny p. 549 figs. Pl. 215, Figs 1-2
1984Aulacostephanus (Pararasenia) Mesezhnikov p. 130
2002Pararasenia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusAulacostephanus
subgenusPararasenia

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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Invalid names: Ammonites hector d'Orbigny 1850 [nomen oblitum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1240.523.865.739.912.8
shell diameter12112.766.0182.0102.536.1
shell inflation1244.628.474.441.016.3

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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Switzerland (Jura) Aulacostephanus hybridus (185667)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Aulacostephanus quenstedti (164311) Aulacostephanus subhibridus, Aulacostephanus quenstedti (58781 58782) Aulacostephanus tobolicus, Aulacostephanus semieudoxus, Aulacostephanus quenstedti (58778) Aulacostephanus tobolicus, Aulacostephanus subhibridus (58777) Aulacostephanus tobolicus, Aulacostephanus subhibridus, Aulacostephanus quenstedti (58779)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Komi) Aulacostephanus pischmae (164320)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation Pararasenia hibridus (58847)