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Gyroceratites laevis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mimoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mimoceras laevis was named by Eichenberg (1931).

It was recombined as Gyroceratites laevis by Chlupac and Turek (1983), Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Mimoceras laevis Eichenberg
1983Gyroceratites laevis Chlupac and Turek p. 77 figs. Pl 19, figs 14,15
2002Gyroceratites laevis Korn and Klug p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyMimosphinctaceaeErben 1953
familyMimoceratidaeSteinmann 1890
genusGyroceratitesMeyer 1831
specieslaevis(Eichenberg 1931)

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.

Gyroceratites laevis Eichenberg 1931
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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: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia Gyroceratites laevis (12147 172646 172996)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Gyroceratites laevis (40349)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia Gyroceratites laevis (172658)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Gyroceratites laevis (38746)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia Gyroceratites laevis (12144 172653 172656 172997 172998 172999)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Gyroceratites laevis (27071 27072)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Tajikistan Gyroceratites laevis (45793)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Morocco Gyroceratites laevis (27114)