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Acrocoelites conoideus

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Taxonomy
Belemnites conoideus was named by Oppel (1856).

It was recombined as Acrocoelites conoideus by Pinard et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Belemnites conoideus Oppel p. 483
2014Acrocoelites conoideus Pinard et al. p. 166 fig. 6I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
genusAcrocoelites
speciesconoideus(Oppel 1856)

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.

Acrocoelites conoideus Oppel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Aalenian or 180.10000 to 171.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France Acrocoelites conoideus (161693)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany Acrocoelites conoideus (59492)