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Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras) lopsiensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Taxonomy
Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras) lopsiensis was named by Mesezhnikov (1984). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 1337/633, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lopsiya River, outcrop 41, bed 7, which is in a Kimmeridgian open shallow subtidal claystone in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Aulacostephanus (Aulacostephanoceras) lopsiensis Mesezhnikov p. 128 figs. Pl 22, fig 2; pl 33, fig 2; text-fig 48

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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
specieslopsiensis

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height327.019.836.427.48.31
shell diameter378.060.0104.076.022.3
shell inflation330.925.240.628.98.04

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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Aulacostephanus lopsiensis (58781 type locality: 58782)