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Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Aegoceras aenigmaticum was named by Gemmellaro (1884).

It was recombined as Gemmellaroceras aenigmatum by Hyatt (1900); it was recombined as Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum by Bremer (1965), Smith and Tipper (1996), Rakús and Guex (2002) and Geczy and Meister (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Aegoceras aenigmaticum Gemmellaro p. 34
1900Gemmellaroceras aenigmatum Hyatt p. 574
1965Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum Bremer
1996Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum Smith and Tipper p. 34 figs. Pl 6, figs 19-23; Txt fig 26e
2002Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum Rakús and Guex p. 119 figs. Pl 32, fig 11; text-fig 96
2007Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum Geczy and Meister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusGemmellaroceras
speciesaenigmaticum()

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.

Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum Gemmellaro 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.296.007.006.100.476
shell diameter419.017.021.818.82.11
shell inflation47.477.008.607.200.757

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: Whiteavesi or 189.60000 to 186.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Canada (British Columbia) Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum (33141 33189 33256)
Whiteavesi189.6 - 186.7Canada (British Columbia) Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum (32809)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Tunisia Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum (170522)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Hungary Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum (80160)