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Eulytoceras lepidum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites lepidus was named by d'Orbigny (1840).

It was recombined as Lytoceras lepidum by Reboulet (1996); it was recombined as Eulytoceras lepidum by Cecca et al. (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. polare

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites lepidus d'Orbigny
1996Lytoceras lepidum Reboulet p. 192 figs. Pl 38, figs 1-4
1998Eulytoceras lepidum Cecca et al. p. 69

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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
genusEulytocerasSuess 1865
specieslepidum(d'Orbigny 1840)

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.

†Eulytoceras lepidum d'Orbigny 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.0
shell diameter137.0
shell inflation115.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 139.80000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Lytoceras lepidum (202428 202437 202503 202504 202505 202507 202508 202514 202515 202516 202524 202537 202539 202542 202544 202546 202547 202550 202690 202691)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Hungary Lytoceras lepidum (86377 86379 86380 86383 86384)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland Lytoceras lepidum (65211)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Italy Eulytoceras lepidum (168439 168440 168442)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Hungary Lytoceras lepidum (86347)