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Lytoceras celticum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Lytoceras celticum Geyer p. 227 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
2002Lytoceras celticum Rakús and Guex p. 64 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5; text-fig 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
speciescelticumGeyer 1886

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.

Lytoceras celticum Geyer 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height347.826.665.063.021.6
shell diameter3134.372.0185.0182.064.4
shell inflation357.030.080.077.028.0

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: Semicostatum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Lytoceras celticum (200470 200476 200507 200508 200509 200510 200517 200520 200522 200524 200527 200581 200582 200583 200585 200587 200592 200597 200600 200601 200604 200605 200610)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9Tunisia Lytoceras celticum (170506 170512)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Tunisia Lytoceras celticum (170502)