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Xipheroceras ziphus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites ziphus was named by Zieten (1830).

It was recombined as Xiphoceras ziphus by Corna and Dommergues (1995); it was recombined as Xipheroceras ziphus by Donovan (1998), Edmunds et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ammonites ziphus Zieten
1995Xiphoceras ziphus Corna and Dommergues
1998Xipheroceras ziphus Donovan p. 996 fig. 1
2016Xipheroceras ziphus Edmunds et al. p. 159 figs. 14-d, 15g-s

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyEoderoceratinaeSpath 1929
genusXipherocerasBuckman 1911
speciesziphus(Zieten 1830)

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.

Xipheroceras ziphus Zieten 1830
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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: Obtusum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Dorset) Xipheroceras ziphus (170337)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Xipheroceras ziphus (179699 179703 179704 179705)