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Miltoceras sellae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Taxonomy
Aegoceras sellae was named by Gemmellaro (1884).

It was recombined as Miltoceras sellae by Smith and Tipper (1996), Rakús and Guex (2002), Geczy and Meister (2007) and Meister et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Aegoceras sellae Gemmellaro
1996Miltoceras sellae Smith and Tipper p. 42 figs. Pl 11, figs 4-6
2002Miltoceras sellae Rakús and Guex p. 111 figs. Pl 32, figs 1,2,6; text-fig 88
2007Miltoceras sellae Geczy and Meister
2011Miltoceras sellae Meister et al. p. 117.e20 figs. 12.2, 12.4, 12.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyCoeloceratidaeHaug 1910
genusMiltoceras
speciessellae(Gemmellaro 1884)

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.

Miltoceras sellae Gemmellaro 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height613.111.414.813.41.71
shell diameter643.935.560.043.58.45
shell inflation616.513.519.017.62.86

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: Imlayi or 189.60000 to 186.70000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (British Columbia) Miltoceras sellae (33131 33189 33205 33206 33209 33210)
Imlayi189.6 - 186.7Canada (British Columbia) Miltoceras sellae (32804 32827 33126 33128 33190)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Argentina (Mendoza) Miltoceras sellae (42771)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Hungary Miltoceras sellae (80147 80154 80160 80161)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Morocco Miltoceras sellae (148874 148938 148947)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Tunisia Miltoceras sellae (170522)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Miltoceras sellae (81555)