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Rossiensiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Rossiensiceras was named by Gerard and Contaut (1936). Its type is Harpoceras rossiense.

It was assigned to Hecticoceratinae by Jeannet (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Rossiensiceras Gerard and Contaut
1951Rossiensiceras Jeannet p. 42

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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
subfamilyHecticoceratinaeSpath 1925
genusRossiensicerasGerard and Contaut 1936

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.

G. †Rossiensiceras Gerard and Contaut 1936
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†Rossiensiceras rossiense Teisseyre 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height726.419.036.525.05.54
shell diameter764.750.089.065.014.8
shell inflation719.914.028.021.05.54

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 Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland R. rossiense (171556)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland R. paucifalcatum (171565 171622) R. rossiense (171572 171587 171589)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France R. bukowskii, R. glyptum, R. teisseyrei (60441) R. daghestianum (60440)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland R. rossiense (171593)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France R. metomphalum, R. sp. (60542) R. multicostatum, R. romani (60543) R. pseudoquenstedti, R. romani (60436) R. rossiense (60540) R. sp. (60617 60618)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland R. rossiense (171585)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland R. rossiense (171604)