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Lytoceras liebigi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras liebigi was named by Oppel (1865).

It was recombined as Ammonites liebigi by Oppel (1865); it was recombined as Biasaloceras liebigi by Arkadiev et al. (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ammonites adelae d'Orbigny p. 494 figs. Pl. 183, Fig 1-4
1865Ammonites liebigi Oppel
1865Lytoceras liebigi Oppel
1945Lytoceras liebigi Anderson p. 977 figs. Plate 14, figure 1
1994Lytoceras liebigi Zeiss et al. p. 370 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
2000Biasaloceras liebigi Arkadiev et al. p. 98 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
2013Lytoceras liebigi Grigore p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
speciesliebigiOppel 1865

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.

Lytoceras liebigi Oppel 1865
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Invalid names: Ammonites adelae d'Orbigny 1848 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height128.0
shell diameter167.0
shell inflation123.5

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: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian or 149.20000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Romania Lytoceras liebigi (198325)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Lytoceras liebigi (184803)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine Biasaloceras liebigi (183168)