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Galaticeras aegoceroides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Amphiceras aegoceroides was named by Gemmellaro (1884).

It was recombined as Gemmellaroceras aegoceroides by Bremer (1965); it was recombined as Galaticeras aegoceroides by Blau (1998), Rakús and Guex (2002), Geczy and Meister (2007), Meister et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Amphiceras aegoceroides Gemmellaro
1896Amphiceras savii Levi
1965Gemmellaroceras aegoceroides Bremer
1998Galaticeras aegoceroides Blau p. 202 figs. Pl 1, fig 15; text-fig 20
2002Galaticeras aegoceroides Rakús and Guex p. 56 figs. Pl 21, figs 2,3; pl 22, figs 1,3; pl 23, fig 1
2007Galaticeras aegoceroides Geczy and Meister
2011Galaticeras aegoceroides Meister et al. p. 117.e13 figs. 9.1, 9.2, 10.2, 10.4, 10.6, 11.1-11.3

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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
genusGalaticeras
speciesaegoceroides(Gemmellaro 1884)

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.

Galaticeras aegoceroides Gemmellaro 1884
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Invalid names: Amphiceras savii Levi 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1514.95.0032.020.09.61
shell diameter1536.913.0125.035.027.9
shell inflation158.894.0017.013.04.88

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: Jamesoni or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Gemmellaroceras aegoceroides (218660)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Morocco Galaticeras aegoceroides (148884 148888)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Morocco Galaticeras aegoceroides (148876 148878 148881)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Morocco Galaticeras aegoceroides (148874 148947)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Galaticeras aegoceroides (170522)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Galaticeras aegoceroides (170511 170514)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Galaticeras aegoceroides (206650 206651 206652)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Galaticeras aegoceroides (148937)