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Rossiensiceras rossiense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Harpoceras rossiense was named by Teisseyre (1883). It is the type species of Rossiensiceras.

It was recombined as Rossiensiceras rossiense by Jeannet (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Harpoceras rossiense Teisseyre
1951Rossiensiceras rossiense Jeannet p. 49 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-3; text-figs 106, 107

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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
speciesrossiense(Teisseyre 1883)

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.

†Rossiensiceras rossiense Teisseyre 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height626.619.036.526.06.01
shell diameter664.350.089.061.016.2
shell inflation619.314.028.019.05.84

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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rossiensiceras rossiense (171556)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rossiensiceras rossiense (171572 171587 171589)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rossiensiceras rossiense (171593)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Rossiensiceras rossiense (60540)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Rossiensiceras rossiense (171585)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Rossiensiceras rossiense (171604)