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Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites maugesti was named by d'Orbigny (1844).

It was corrected as Ammonites maugenestii by Quenstedt (1845); it was corrected as Ammonites maugenesti by Oppel (1853); it was recombined as Aegoceras maugenesti by Weight (1882); it was recombined as Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti by Meister (1986), Meister and Friebe (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites maugesti d'Orbigny p. 254 figs. Pl 70, figs 1-3
1845Ammonites maugenestii Quenstedt
1853Ammonites maugenesti Oppel
1882Aegoceras maugenesti Weight
1986Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti Meister p. 50 figs. Pl 9, figs 5-7
2003Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti Meister and Friebe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusAcanthopleuroceras
speciesmaugenesti(d'Orbigny 1844)

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
No measurements are available
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: Ibex or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti (218903)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Centre-Val de Loire) Ammonites maugenesti (234368)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2France Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti (146483 146484 146485 146917 146918 147739 147740 147741 147932 147933 147962 147963 147986 147987 147988 147989 148162 148163 148164 148192 148205)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti (159163 159178)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Spain (Aragon) Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti (146709 146710)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti (204125)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Austria Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti (218330)