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Aulatornoceras eifliense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites eifliensis was named by Steininger (1849). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aulatornoceras eifliense by Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008), Söte et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Goniatites eifliensis Steininger p. 27
2002Aulatornoceras eifliense Korn and Klug p. 161
2008Aulatornoceras eifliense House and Kirchgasser p. 176 figs. Pl 31, figs 7-13, 16-20
2021Aulatornoceras eifliense Söte et al. p. 265 figs. 9g, 10e, 13k-m

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyAulatornoceratinae(Becker 1993)
genusAulatornocerasSchindewolf 1922
specieseifliense(Steininger 1849)

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.

†Aulatornoceras eifliense Steininger 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.05
shell diameter15.33
shell inflation10.300

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.00000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Aulatornoceras eifliense (39050)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Aulatornoceras eifliense (136213 136231 136234 136377 136396 136489 136650 136653 136740)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Aulatornoceras eifliense (220479 220483 220511)