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Acanthopleuroceras valdani

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites valdani was named by d'Orbigny (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Cottards, nr Saint George de Poisieux, which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in France.

It was recombined as Acanthopleuroceras valdani by Melville (1972), Meister (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites valdani d'Orbigny p. 255 figs. Pl 71, figs 1-3
1862Ammonites binotatus Oppel p. 133
1862Ammonites valdani Oppel p. 133
1972Acanthopleuroceras valdani Melville p. 23
1986Acanthopleuroceras valdani Meister p. 52 figs. Pl 9, figs 9,11

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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
speciesvaldani()

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.

†Acanthopleuroceras valdani d'Orbigny 1844
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Invalid names: Ammonites binotatus Oppel 1862 [synonym]
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ibex or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovakia Acanthopleuroceras valdani (218338)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France (Centre-Val de Loire) Ammonites valdani (234368)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2France Acanthopleuroceras valdani (146480 146481 146482 146914 146915 146916 147734 147735 147736 147737 147738 147984 147985 148162 148186 148192 148204)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Acanthopleuroceras valdani (159163 159178)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Acanthopleuroceras valdani (204125)