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Lunuloceras lunuloides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Harpoceras lunuloides was named by Kilian (1889).

It was recombined as Lunuloceras lunuloides by Jeannet (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Hecticoceras pseudopunctatum, L. sinuicostatum, L. submatheyi, L. fallax

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Harpoceras lunuloides Kilian
1951Lunuloceras lunuloides Jeannet p. 58 figs. Pl 12, figs 10,11; pl 13, figs 3-6; text-fig 128

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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
genusLunuloceras
specieslunuloides(Kilian 1889)

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.

†Lunuloceras lunuloides Kilian 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height411.79.0013.512.42.11
shell diameter428.724.533.029.03.84
shell inflation49.498.5011.89.001.50

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

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Lunuloceras lunuloides (171556)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Lunuloceras lunuloides (60440)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Lunuloceras lunuloides (171552 171565 171572 171583 171601 171628 171629 171630 171631)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Lunuloceras lunuloides (98156)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Lunuloceras lunuloides (171627)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Lunuloceras lunuloides (171566)