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Euaspidoceras davouxi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Euaspidoceras davouxi was named by Bert and Bonnot (2004). Its type specimen is Bert AR38, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montagne du Cheiron, bed 100d, Bézaudun-les-Alpes, which is in an Oxfordian marine marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Euaspidoceras davouxi Bert and Bonnot p. 94 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, fig 1; pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, figs 1,2; pl 5, figs 1-3;

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyEuaspidoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusEuaspidoceras
speciesdavouxi

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.

Euaspidoceras davouxi Bert and Bonnot 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1025.712.845.327.910.8
shell diameter1078.638.5149.686.736.8
shell inflation1034.816.470.138.218.1

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Euaspidoceras davouxi (type locality: 163890)