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Valdedorsella akuschaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras akuschaense was named by Anthula (1899). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Valdedorsella akuschaense by Renz (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Valdedorsella getulina by Szives (2007); it was recombined as Valdedorsella akuschaensis by Collignon (1962) and El Qot (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Desmoceras akuschaense Anthula
1962Valdedorsella akuschaensis Collignon p. 33 figs. Pl 229, fig 979
1982Valdedorsella akuschaense Renz p. 22
2018Valdedorsella akuschaensis El Qot p. 152 fig. 6M,N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusValdedorsellaBreistroffer 1947
speciesakuschaensis(Anthula 1899)

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
partNmean
shell height122.0
shell diameter145.0
shell inflation111.0

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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Valdedorsella akuschaensis (191709)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Madagascar Valdedorsella akuschaensis (168088)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) Valdedorsella akuschaensis (2072)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France Valdedorsella akuschaensis (58861)