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Aegeiceras ugra

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Japonitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnites ugra was named by Diener (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chitichun No. 1 Block, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in China. It is the type species of Aegeiceras.

It was recombined as Japonites ugra by Diener (1907); it was recombined as Aegeiceras ugra by Fantini Sestini (1981) and Balini and Lăcătuş (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Gymnites ugra Diener p. 112 figs. Pl 30, fig 15
1907Japonites ugra Diener
1981Aegeiceras ugra Fantini Sestini p. 57 figs. Pl 5, fig 2
1995Aegeiceras byzovae Shevyrev p. 107 figs. Pl 18, fig 1
2024Aegeiceras ugra Balini and Lăcătuş p. 729 figs. Pl 1, fig 9; pl 2, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyJaponitidaeTozer 1971
genusAegeiceras
speciesugra(Diener 1895)

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.

†Aegeiceras ugra Diener 1895
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Invalid names: Aegeiceras byzovae Shevyrev 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height135.1
shell diameter1100.3
shell inflation138.8

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Romania Aegeiceras ugra (199553 199554)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Greece Aegeiceras ugra (143851 143855)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Afghanistan (Paktia) Gymnites ugra (41676)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Japonites ugra (206199)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Gymnites ugra (206215)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Aegeiceras byzovae (99509)