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Adnethiceras adnethicus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites adnethicus was named by Hauer (1854). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adneth, near Hallein (GBA collection), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate limestone in Austria. It is the type species of Adnethiceras.

It was recombined as Adnethiceras adnethicum by Wiedmann (1970); it was recombined as Adnethiceras adnethicus by Geczy and Meister (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ammonites adnethicus Hauer
1970Adnethiceras adnethicum Wiedmann p. 998 figs. Pl 8, fig 1; text-figs 25, 27b, 30K,L
2007Adnethiceras adnethicus Geczy and Meister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyEctocentritinaeSpath 1926
genusAdnethiceras
speciesadnethicus(Hauer 1854)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height423.220.027.023.54.95
shell diameter451.924.8100.054.231.2
shell inflation435.324.052.038.019.8

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Bucklandi or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Austria Adnethiceras adnethicum (38057)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Adnethiceras adnethicum (78206)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria Adnethiceras adnethicus (196520 196521)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria Ammonites adnethicus (173587)