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Lyelliceras escragnollensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae

Taxonomy
Lyelliceras escragnollensis was named by Kennedy (2011). Its type specimen is BMNH 73722b, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Escragnolles (Var) (Upper Greensand), which is in an Albian marine sandstone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Lyelliceras escragnollensis Kennedy p. 96 figs. 1A,C-N,R-X, 2, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyLyelliceratidae
subfamilyLyelliceratinae
genusLyellicerasSpath 1921
speciesescragnollensis

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 height511.69.2016.510.82.79
shell diameter526.219.342.124.28.83
shell inflation57.144.8014.06.803.68

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: Middle Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Lyelliceras sp. (183557)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France Lyelliceras escragnollensis (type locality: 171512)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Lyelliceras escragnollensis (183558 183559)