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Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras) Ziegler
1984Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras) Mesezhnikov p. 125

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAulacostephanidaeSpath 1924
genusAulacostephanus
subgenusAulacostephanocerasZiegler 1962

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.

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Invalid names: Hoplites syrti Pavlov 1886 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Aulacostephanus plataulax Buckman 1925 [synonym], Hoplites subundorae Pavlov 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height722.111.036.425.29.45
shell diameter760.029.0104.068.025.9
shell inflation721.89.9040.625.210.2

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21United Kingdom (England) Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis (38656)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Aulacostephanus undorae (164314) Aulacostephanus undorae, Aulacostephanus volgensis (58783) Aulacostephanus undorae, Aulacostephanus volgensis, Aulacostephanus lopsiensis (58781) Aulacostephanus volgensis, Aulacostephanus lopsiensis (58782)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Aulacostephanus pseudolinealis (164322)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation Aulacostephanus undorae, Aulacostephanus volgensis, Aulacostephanus kirghisensis, Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis (58853 58854 58855) Aulacostephanus volgensis (190662) Aulacostephanus volgensis, Aulacostephanus kirghisensis (190536)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Komi) Aulacostephanus kirghisensis (164317) Aulacostephanus undorae (164321) Aulacostephanus undorae, Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis (164320) Aulacostephanus volgensis (164004)