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Aconeceras (Gyaloceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Gyaloceras was named by Whitehouse (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-u K Albi-u].

It was reranked as Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) by Wright et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Aconeceratidae by Whitehouse (1927); to Aconeceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Aconeceras by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Gyaloceras Whitehouse p. 114
1957Gyaloceras Arkell et al. p. 286
1996Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) Wright et al.
2002Gyaloceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyAconeceratinae(Spath 1923)
genusAconeceras
subgenusGyaloceras()

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.

Subg. †Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) Whitehouse 1927
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Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) smithi Whitehouse 1927
Gyaloceras ibo Reyment 1955
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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Australia (Queensland) Gyaloceras smithi (83901)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Nigeria Gyaloceras ibo (82731 82767)