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Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) alticarinatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophacoceras alticarinatum was named by Spath (1922).

It was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) alticarinatum by Kennedy and Klinger (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. multifidum, O. pandalense, O. robustum, O. roissyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Pseudophacoceras alticarinatum Spath p. 98
2011Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) alticarinatum Kennedy and Klinger p. 70 figs. 1A-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
subgenusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
speciesalticarinatum()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.30
shell diameter118.8
shell inflation13.50

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 Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 113.20000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Oxytropidoceras alticarinatum (1783)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3South Africa Oxytropidoceras alticarinatum (177187)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Oxytropidoceras alticarinatum (56664)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5South Africa Oxytropidoceras alticarinatum (177364)