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Lytoceras eudesianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites eudesianus was named by d'Orbigny (1846). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R00602 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Thysanolytoceras eudesianum by Buckmann (1905); it was recombined as Lytoceras eudesianum by Westermann (1969), Galácz and Kassai (2012), Galácz (2017) and Whicher et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites eudesianus d'Orbigny
1905Thysanolytoceras eudesianum Buckmann p. 149
1969Lytoceras eudesianum Westermann p. 42 figs. Pl 9, figs 2,3; text-fig 14
2012Lytoceras eudesianum Galácz and Kassai
2017Lytoceras eudesianum Galácz p. 721
2023Lytoceras eudesianum Whicher et al. p. 220 figs. 5.a1-3; 6.a1-2,b1-2; 7.a1-2,b1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
specieseudesianum()

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.

†Lytoceras eudesianum d'Orbigny 1846
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†Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides Kudernatsch 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height342.620.098.039.540.6
shell diameter3105.250.0248.094.0104.0
shell inflation338.018.596.031.041.6

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 Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 171.60000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4USA (Alaska) Lytoceras eudesianum (175617 175622 175650 175651 175659 175660 175671)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Hungary Lytoceras eudesianum (220225 220226)
Humphresianum171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom (England) Lytoceras eudesianum (229888 229889 229890 229891 229892 229893)
Laeviuscula171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Lytoceras eudesianum (229894 229895)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Egypt Lytoceras adeloides (170869)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Lytoceras eudesianum (229887)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Kenya Lytoceras eudesianum (191123 191124)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Lytoceras eudesianum (229897 229898 229899)
Sauzei171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Lytoceras eudesianum (229896)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Italy Lytoceras eudesianum (193325)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Madagascar (Toamasina) Thysanolytoceras adeloides (234064 234065)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Thysanolytoceras adeloides (98168)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Thysanolytoceras adeloides (98094 98153 98159 98165 98185)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Thysanolytoceras adeloides (98171 98212)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Thysanolytoceras adeloides (171552 171573 171574 171575)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Thysanolytoceras adeloides (98124 98157 98166 98179)