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Ammonellipsites asiaticus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae

Taxonomy
Pericyclus asiaticus was named by Librovitch (1940).

It was recombined as Ammonellipsites asiaticus by Matthews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Pericyclus asiaticus Librovitch p. 122 figs. Pl 16, figs 1-6; pl 17, figs 1-4; text-figs 43-51
1970Ammonellipsites asiaticus Matthews p. 124 figs. Pl 27, figs 5,9,10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPericyclidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyAmmonellipsitinaeRiley 1996
genusAmmonellipsitesParkinson 1822
speciesasiaticus(Librovitch 1940)

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.

Ammonellipsites asiaticus Librovitch 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height54.141.8010.54.003.85
shell diameter58.213.8017.07.706.26
shell inflation50.8770.5002.400.6000.799

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 Hastarian to the top of the Ivorian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Ammonellipsites asiaticus (5516)