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Lytoceras cornucopia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites cornucopia was named by Young and Bird (1822). It is the type species of Thysanoceras.

It was recombined as Thysanoceras cornucopia by Hyatt (1867); it was recombined as Lytoceras cornucopia by Howarth (1962), Delsate and Weis (2010) and Kovács (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ammonites cornucopia Young and Bird p. 252 figs. Pl 12, fig 16
1867Thysanoceras cornucopia Hyatt pp. 86, 96
1962Lytoceras cornucopia Howarth p. 405
2010Lytoceras cornucopia Delsate and Weis figs. Pl 4, fig 2
2011Lytoceras cornucopia Kovács p. 14 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
speciescornucopia(Young and Bird 1822)

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 cornucopia Young and Bird 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height156.0
diameter1140.0
inflation151.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Thouarsense or 183.00000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Slovakia Lytoceras cornucopia (218343)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Deux-Sevrès) Lytoceras cornucopia (147151)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Hungary Lytoceras cornucopia (147266 147267 148258 148259 148260 148261 148262 148264 148265 148267 148268)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Italy Lytoceras cornucopia (145309)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Hungary Lytoceras cornucopia (147237 147254 147261 148255 148256)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6France Lytoceras cornucopia (148788)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Italy Lytoceras cornucopia (147027 147034 147040 147041)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Lytoceras cornucopia (147876 147881 147882)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Hungary Lytoceras cornucopia (146435 146438 146439)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg Lytoceras cornucopia (141384)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Hungary Lytoceras cornucopia (147229 147230)