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Lytoceras villae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Lytoceras villae Meneghini p. 107
1977Kallilytoceras residuum Wiedenmayer p. 49 figs. Pl 11, figs 1,2; text-fig 10c
1989Lytoceras villae Meister p. 32 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,3,6,7; text-fig 19
1991Lytoceras villae Blau and Meister p. 178 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5; pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, fig 4; text-fig 8
1998Lytoceras villae Géczy and Meister p. 98 figs. Pl 4, figs 9,11
2011Lytoceras villae Meister et al. p. 117.e9 fig. 8.4
2023Lytoceras villae Benzaggagh et al. p. 446 fig. 7a

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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
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
speciesvillaeMeneghini 1874

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.

Lytoceras villae Meneghini 1874
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Invalid names: Kallilytoceras residuum Wiedenmayer 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
diameter1170.0----
shell diameter262.351.076.263.617.8

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Margaritatus to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 192.90000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Morocco Lytoceras villae (148908 148910)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Austria Lytoceras villae (145292)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Hungary Lytoceras villae (109107 109110 109491 109690)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Italy Lytoceras villae (196617)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Lytoceras villae (148937)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Lytoceras villae (84291)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Morocco Lytoceras villae (230726)