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Afromaenioceras sulcatostriatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Maenioceratidae

Taxonomy
Maenioceras sulcatostriatum was named by Bensaid (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Maenioceras (Afromaenioceras).

It was recombined as Maenioceras (Afromaenioceras) sulcatostriatum by Göddertz (1987); it was recombined as Afromaenioceras sulcatostriatum by Korn and Klug (2002), Bockwinkel and Korn (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Maenioceras sulcatostriatum Bensaid p. 105 figs. Pl 2, figs 2,3,6,8,9
1987Maenioceras (Afromaenioceras) sulcatostriatum Göddertz p. 179 figs. Pl 12, figs 10-12; pl 13, figs 1,2; text-fig 27b, 28f-k
2002Afromaenioceras sulcatostriatum Korn and Klug p. 140
2024Afromaenioceras sulcatostriatum Bockwinkel and Korn p. 15 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderPharciceratina(Korn 1998)
superfamilyPharciceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMaenioceratidaeBogoslovsky 1958
genusAfromaenioceras()
speciessulcatostriatum(Bensaid 1974)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height104.611.2010.34.323.12
shell diameter1011.03.4018.511.74.97
shell inflation102.481.404.602.801.11

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Givetian or 385.90000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Algeria Maenioceras sulcatostriatum (40450 40452)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Morocco Afromaenioceras sulcatostriatum (233302 233303 233304)