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Osperleioceras (Pseudopolyplectus) loeve

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Esericeras loeve was named by Gabilly (1976). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anse Saint-Nicolas, Jard, float (initially bed 117), which is in a Variabilis carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Osperleioceras (Pseudopolyplectus) loeve by Bécaud (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Esericeras loeve Gabilly p. 165 figs. Pl 36, fig 3; text-figs 112-115,117
2006Osperleioceras (Pseudopolyplectus) loeve Bécaud p. 70 figs. Pl 28, fig 1; pl 29, fig 1; pl 30, figs 1,2; text-fig 16B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusOsperleioceras()
subgenusPseudopolyplectus
speciesloeve()

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 height572.518.5127.0101.042.2
shell diameter5150.738.5266.0208.587.6
shell inflation531.29.0054.042.017.0

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: Variabilis or 182.90000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) Osperleioceras loeve (140898 147162)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7France Esericeras loeve (148811)