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Thysanolytoceras vicinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras vicinum was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oued Moghara (left bank), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt.

It was recombined as Thysanolytoceras vicinum by Collignon (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Lytoceras vicinum Douvillé p. 93 figs. Pl. 11, Fig. 6
1962Thysanolytoceras vicinum Collignon p. 5 figs. Pl 217, fig 952

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusThysanolytocerasSuess 1865
speciesvicinum()

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.

Thysanolytoceras vicinum Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Madagascar Thysanolytoceras vicinum (83997)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Thysanolytoceras vicinum (98245)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt Lytoceras vicinum (171272)