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Dumortieria levesquei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites levesquei was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.B09769 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Dumortieria.

It was recombined as Dumortieria levesquei by Arthur et al. (1993), Schulbert (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites levesquei d'Orbigny
1993Dumortieria levesquei Arthur et al. p. 31 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-10
2001Dumortieria levesquei Schulbert p. 61 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3,10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyGrammoceratinaeBuckman 1904
genusDumortieria
specieslevesquei()

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.

Dumortieria levesquei d'Orbigny 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height123.0
diameter171.6
inflation133.0

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: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany (Bavaria) Dumortieria levesquei (51280 51281 51282 51283 51284 51285 51286 51305 51307 51308)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Spain Dumortieria levesquei (147113 147114 147115)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7France Dumortieria levesquei (148812)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Germany Dumortieria levesquei (59524)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Bulgaria Dumortieria levesquei (151019)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) Dumortieria levesquei (140878 147142 147175)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France Dumortieria levesquei (124181 161683)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Dumortieria levesquei (185046)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain (Granada) Dumortieria levesquei (201316 201317 201318 201320)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France Dumortieria levesquei (51501)