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Aplococeras vogdesi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aplococeratidae

Taxonomy

Lecanites vogdesi was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada. It is the type species of Pseudaplococeras.

It was recombined as Pseudaplococeras vogdesi by Spath (1951); it was recombined as Aplococeras vogdesi by Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Synonyms

Lecanites crassus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aplococeras vogdesi by Silberling and Nichols (1982).
Lecanites nudus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aplococeras vogdesi by Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Lecanites vogdesi Hyatt and Smith p. 139 figs. Pl 60, figs 12-22; pl 75, figs 10-13
1914	Lecanites crassus Smith p. 66 figs. Pl 89, figs 1,2
1914	Lecanites nudus Smith p. 66 figs. Pl 98, figs 8-12
1914	Lecanites vogdesi Smith p. 67 figs. Pl 10, figs 12-22; pl 12, figs 10-13; pl 30, figs 17-24; pl 88, figs 24,25
1951	Pseudaplococeras vogdesi Spath p. 37
1982	Aplococeras vogdesi Silberling and Nichols p. 53 figs. Pl 22, figs 1-17; text-fig 37

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Danubitoidea	()
family	Aplococeratidae
genus	Aplococeras
species	vogdesi	()

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.

†Aplococeras vogdesi Hyatt and Smith 1905

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Invalid names: Lecanites crassus Smith 1914 [synonym], Lecanites nudus Smith 1914 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Illyrian	243.33 - 241.464	USA (Nevada)	Aplococeras vogdesi (38923 38926 40753 44034 110987 142869 143217 143218 143219) Lecanites vogdesi, Lecanites crassus, Lecanites nudus (type locality: 142670)