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Anderssonoceras simplex

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Anderssonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Anderssonoceras simplex was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14870 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xianguling Kuangqu, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Anderssonoceras simplex Zhao et al. p. 86 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6; text-fig 31
2002Anderssonoceras simplex Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyAnderssonoceratidaeRuzhencev 1959
subfamilyAnderssonoceratinaeRuzhencev 1959
genusAnderssonocerasGrabau 1924
speciessimplex

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.

Anderssonoceras simplex Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height16.40
shell diameter115.3
shell inflation15.10

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangxi) Anderssonoceras simplex (type locality: 121670)