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Euaptetoceras amplectens

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hammatoceras amplectens was named by Buckman (1889).

It was recombined as Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras) amplectens by Westermann (1969), Westermann and Riccardi (1982); it was recombined as Euaptetoceras amplectens by Sadki (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Hammatoceras amplectens Buckman
1964Witchellia aguilonia Imlay p. B35 figs. Pl 4, fig 9; pl 5, figs 4,7-9
1969Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras) amplectens Westermann p. 82 figs. Pl 19, fig 1; pl 20, figs a-c; pl 21, figs 1,2; text-fig 26
1982Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras) amplectens Westermann and Riccardi p. 30 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a,b
1994Euaptetoceras amplectens Sadki figs. Pl 2, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
subfamilyHammatoceratinaeBuckman 1887
genusEuaptetoceras
speciesamplectens()

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.

†Euaptetoceras amplectens Buckman 1889
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Invalid names: Witchellia aguilonia Imlay 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height852.123.978.056.416.6
shell diameter8119.846.0210.0126.060.7
shell inflation825.78.6068.024.125.2

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 Concavum to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.70000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Concavum174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Mendoza) Eudmetoceras amplectens (158133)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Eudmetoceras amplectens (175614)
Discites170.9 - 168.2Morocco Euaptetoceras amplectens (141229)
Discites170.9 - 168.2USA (Alaska) Eudmetoceras amplectens (175645 175646 175647)