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Sublithacoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Sublithacoceras is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Sublithacoceratinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sublithacoceratinae by Vašíček and Skupien (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sublithacoceras Sepkoski
2016Sublithacoceras Vašíček and Skupien p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilySublithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
genusSublithacoceras

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
partNmean
shell height145.0
shell diameter1110.0
shell inflation135.0

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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Berriasian161.5 - 137.05Spain S. sphinctum (73297)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany S. adeps, S. subdiffusum, S. fringilla (13445) S. fringilla (13442) S. subdiffusum (13441 13443 13444)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Czechia S. fringilla (177616)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Spain S. fringilla (235585)