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Gauthiericeras boreaui

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Schloenbachia boreaui was named by de Grossouvre (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Cognac (Assize L1), which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Gauthiericeras boreaui by Kennedy (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Schloenbachia boreaui de Grossouvre p. 111 figs. Pl 7, fig 3
1984Gauthiericeras boreaui Kennedy p. 102 figs. Pl 21, fig 3; pl 22, figs 1-12; text-figs 39D,E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyCollignoniceratinaeWright and Wright 1951
genusGauthiericerasde Grossouvre 1894
speciesboreaui(de Grossouvre 1894)

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.

Gauthiericeras boreaui de Grossouvre 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Late/Upper Coniacian or 89.30000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France Gauthiericeras boreaui (179018 179028 179029)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France Schloenbachia boreaui (179030 179031)