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Aegasteroceras sagittarium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Aegoceras sagittarium was named by Blake (1876).

It was recombined as Aegasteroceras sagittarium by Edmunds et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Aegoceras sagittarium Blake p. 276 figs. Pl 7, figs 2A,B
1880Aegoceras acuticostatum Wright p. 35 fig. 2,3
1884Ammonites capricostatus Quenstedt figs. Pl 19, fig 14
1925Aegasteroceras simile Spath p. 265 fig. 6a
2016Aegasteroceras sagittarium Edmunds et al. p. 154 figs. 8a-l, 9e-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusAegasterocerasSpath 1925
speciessagittarium(Blake 1876)

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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Invalid names: Aegasteroceras simile Spath 1925 [synonym], Aegoceras acuticostatum Wright 1880 [synonym], Ammonites capricostatus Quenstedt 1884 [synonym]
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Aegasteroceras sagittarium (200466)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Aegasteroceras sagittarium (179700 179702 179703)