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Zaghouanites arcanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kallilytoceras arcanum was named by Wiedenmayer (1977).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lytoceras villae by Meister (1989); it was recombined as Zaghouanites arcanum by Rakús and Guex (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Kallilytoceras arcanum Wiedenmayer p. 49 figs. Pl 11, figs 3,5
2002Zaghouanites arcanum Rakús and Guex p. 70 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4; pl 5, fig 1; text-fig 54

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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
genusZaghouanites
speciesarcanum(Wiedenmayer 1977)

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.

Zaghouanites arcanum Wiedenmayer 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height433.326.048.031.69.74
shell diameter482.164.0118.078.124.4
shell inflation426.019.035.026.46.97

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: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Tunisia Zaghouanites arcanum (170517 170519)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Zaghouanites arcanum (206684)