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Geczyceras galaczi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Geczyceras galaczi was named by Kovács (2009). Its type specimen is Eotvos University A1100 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bánya-hegy trench, Gerecse Mts, bed No. 16, which is in a Toarcian basinal (carbonate) marl in the Kisgerecse Formation of Hungary.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Geczyceras galaczi Kovács p. 18 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
genusGeczycerasMartínez 1992
speciesgalaczi

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.

Geczyceras galaczi Kovács 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height144.0
shell diameter1194.0
shell inflation1112.0

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: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Hungary Geczyceras galaczi (type locality: 108575)