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Pseudosageceras albanicum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae

Taxonomy
Sageceras albanicum was named by Arthaber (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kcira, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Han-Bulog Formation of Albania.

It was recombined as Pseudosageceras albanicum by Spath (1934), Spath (1935), Kummel (1969), Germani (1997), Mertmann and Jacobshagen (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Sageceras albanicum Arthaber p. 281 figs. Pl 13, fig 1a-c
1934Pseudosageceras albanicum Spath
1935Pseudosageceras albanicum Spath
1948Sageceras albanicum Renz and Renz p. 94 figs. Pl 16, figs 5,10
1969Pseudosageceras albanicum Kummel p. 363 figs. Pl 21, figs 5,6; text-fig 2
1997Pseudosageceras albanicum Germani p. 281
2003Pseudosageceras albanicum Mertmann and Jacobshagen p. 427 figs. Pl 2, figs 2,3; text-figs 16,17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilySagecerataceaeHyatt 1884
familyHedenstroemiidaeWaagen 1895
genusPseudosagecerasDiener 1895
speciesalbanicum()

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.

†Pseudosageceras albanicum Arthaber 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter250.245.155.950.57.64

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Greece Pseudosageceras albanicum (72312 72314 72315)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Greece Sageceras albanicum (112607 112608 112609)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Albania Sageceras albanicum (type locality: 97000)